CAF Set to Rule on Libya vs Nigeria AFCON Qualifier Incident on Wednesday
On Wednesday, October 23, the Confederation of African Football will make its judgement about the disastrous AFCON qualifying Group D match between Nigeria and Libya, which was supposed to take place on October 15 at Benina Martyrs Stadium in Libya.
Sunday, October 14, Team Nigeria arrived for the game, but their flight was rerouted to Al Abraq International Airport, which is almost three hours away by car from Benghazi, the match’s location.
They were traumatised when they travelled back to their homeland after being taken captive by Libyan police for about 17 hours. Take appropriate action against those who violate the regulations.
The Libyan Federation claimed that the Nigerians did not collaborate with them in any manner during the first or second leg, indicating that their experience is a far cry from their time in Nigeria for the first leg.
Nigeria had complained about their misery to CAF. The Nigerian squad’s experience in Libya was deemed “extremely dangerous” by CAF, which also reported that it had contacted both Nigerian and Libyan authorities after learning that the team had been exposed to concerning conditions at the airport for hours.
It sent the case to its disciplinary committee so that it may look into it and deal with the people who broke the rules.
After declaring the match was cancelled just hours before kickoff, CAF removed the match from its schedule the day after the disastrous match and sent the case to the Disciplinary Committee for review.
The top continental football organisation will now make the final decision about the players’ ordeal during the October first leg in Nigeria, which ended 1-0 in favour of the Super Eagles, and the rematch that would have taken place at Libya’s first all-seat stadium, which has a capacity of 10,550, according to Libya Al-Ahrar Channel.
On Monday, October 21, the publication also disclosed that the Libyan Football Federation gave the Confederation of African Football all of the documents it had gathered, along with a professional attorney the organisation had designated to oversee the Libyan file.
