Libyan Star Admits Guilt, Explains Why Super Eagles Were Held Hostage
- The Super Eagles were held hostage for about 16 hours at Al Abraq International Airport in Libya
- CAF postponed the match and referred the incident to its disciplinary committee for an investigation
- A Libyan footballer has indited his country and explained why they treated the Nigerians that way
A Libyan footballer may have unknowingly indited his country of wrongdoings after they held the Super Eagles of Nigeria hostage at Al Abraq International Airport.
Nigerian players travelled to North Africa to honour the AFCON 2025 qualifier second leg match, but the game did not happen due to the inhumane incident.
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The team's flight, originally planned to land in Benghazi, was redirected to Al Abraq a few minutes before landing, where they were left unattended for almost a day.
Libyan star admits retaliation
Libyan footballer, Moatasem Al-Musrati’s statement on the saga, may have accused his country of wrongdoings in the Super Eagles' ordeal at Al Abraq.
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Al-Musrati posted a statement on his Facebook page explaining the incident. A section of the statement confirmed that the Libyan's actions were intentional.
“The full truth of what happened is that this is a normal and logical result according to what had happened to the Libyan National team when they went to play the first leg match in Nigeria,” he wrote.
“Libyan players were held for hours in the Airport for no reason and then were thrown in malfunctioning busses. They were driven in those buses for three hours to arrive in an area with high military tension.”
"What happened here was a reaction to the horrible treatment that our players had to endure, nothing more!” he added.
The Besiktas star also accused the European media of bias, claiming they kept quiet on the Mediterranean Knights’s experience but let the Super Eagles stars' popularity influence them.
According to Score Nigeria, CAF's verdict on the incident is expected on Tuesday, 22 October 2024 when the organisation meets.
Key points from CAF’s official statement
Briefly News reported that CAF has initiated an investigation into the airport incident involving the Super Eagles at a Libyan airport. The Super Eagles are set to face their Nigerian rivals in the second leg of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers.
The Super Eagles have decided to boycott the match after being left unattended in Al Abaq for several hours.
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