Tired and angry, Nigerian team return home after being trapped in Libyan airport
October 17 – The Nigeria national team are back home after being trapped in a Libyan airport for more than 16 hours, their treatment being labelled as being ‘like a hostage situation’.
Nigeria were due to face Libya in Benghazi on Tuesday in the Africa Cup of Nations but boycotted the match after being left fuming by their treatment on arrival in the country.
The Libyan Football Federation (LFF) fiercely rejected any suggestion of “foul play or sabotage” even though Nigeria were top of Group D and unbeaten while Libya sat bottom of the group and knew that one more loss could see them eliminated from the competition.
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