The Super Eagles of Nigeria faced significant delays upon their arrival in Libya on Sunday, October 13th, ahead of their crucial AFCON qualifier match. The team's flight was diverted from Benghazi, the planned venue for the match, to another city due to undisclosed security concerns.

Videos released by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) show the Super Eagles players and officials attempting to resolve the issue at the Libyan airport. While the exact reasons for the delay remain unclear, it's believed that the Libyan authorities may have implemented stricter security protocols for international arrivals.

The Super Eagles had defeated Libya 1-0 in their previous encounter on matchday three of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers. The upcoming match in Libya is crucial for both teams' chances of qualifying for the continental tournament.

As of now, it remains uncertain whether the match will proceed as scheduled, and if so, whether it will take place in Benghazi or a different location. The NFF is closely monitoring the situation and working with Libyan authorities to resolve the issue.

Source: https://sureodds.ng/photos-of-super-eagles-players-held-hostage-at-libyan-airport/

Libya no try at all, which Kain envy be this?


Meanwhile, someone said this 👇👇👇


Now how far?

Ok, so Libyan players were left stranded by Nigerian authorities for 6hours wen they came to Naija, and the Libya had the chance to reciprocate and doubled the effort? Bolt for bolt, stranded for stranded

Let's be honest, we would have loved it if our country reciprocated the same way. "We would have gone further to tell them on Twitter how nobody mess with Nigeria and go free.

Is tpain that made us lose all our respect outside Nigeria. I don't blame Libya.

Who will like to pickup a dirty mad man with his new S-Class car?. No of course

No levels

Such a shame.

Lol.

.

I will just be patient and wait for the right update before...

The Libyan players said we did not treat them well when they came to Nigeria. I don't know how true it is and if they filed a formal complain

However the treatment meted out to our players is not acceptable and should be condemned completely

Rikze:



Libya no try at all, which Kain envy be this?


Meanwhile, someone said this 👇👇👇


Now how far?

I don't think what he said is false......

Tinubu is the most prepared President Nigeria can have to unleash more harder hunger, inflation,insecurity , inshort Tinubu is very well prepared to reduce the purchasing power of Nigerians and cause them more T-pains...

Fuel price will still increase anyway very soon but we will survive the attack of a President on his citizens ...

when this country failed to take care of its citizens and they had to denigrate themselves to slaves in such places and join in pushing upwards its crime rate, really, what regards do you expect....?
because you're super chickens they'll roll a red carpet...?
see how our rep fall....?
would they do this to SA...?
if it was Davido, maybe levels for change, maybe....

Ho

We don loose already.

Libya

Na wa , if dem no play now.. una Go Dey curse dem.


Useless set of people in power, na Ogun go kee una one by one, nothing wey u fit tell me.

Oga Op,
I no see them stranded ooooo 😂

Make them remain for Libya

Super chickens are joy takers & not giver

Nawa o

Make we drag these Libyans well, God punish them

A

samuel19222:
see finish, make Libya dey do 9ja like this, SMH, too bad

This is CAF issue . It has nothing to do with Tinubu .

richmond500:
Ok, so Libyan players were left stranded by Nigerian authorities for 6hours wen they came to Naija, and the Libya had the chance to reciprocate and doubled the effort? Bolt for bolt, stranded for stranded

Let's be honest, we would have loved it if our country reciprocated the same way. "We would have gone further to tell them on Twitter how nobody mess with Nigeria and go free.

Don't say that. What happened to the Super eagles and the Libyan knights is different.

In the case of the Libyan team. The Libyan Football Federation and the NFF had arranged initially that the team will land and be received at Uyo Airport by the NFF.

The day they were to come, 1hr after the Libyan delegation was already in the air, The Iibyan FF contact told the NFF that the team will land in portharcourt and not uyo.

Na so them dey do something? What type of poor planning is that?

Okay, the travel company Libyan FF used dropped them at portharcourt airport, okay direct the flight to come to Uyo Airport, Libyan FF no get money to pay airline for that trip.

Nobody was expecting them at portharcourt, so no welcome committee of NFF was on standby. Okay since you no fit fly come uyo, wait for us there let us come and pick you.

Them no gree, instead they contacted the Libyan embassy, made their own arrangements and entered Bus without AC and are blaming the NFF for poor treatment.

Whose fault is that?

In the case of super eagles, it was air traffic control that diverted their chartered flight, mid-air from Benghazi to Al Abraq. There were at the airport 12hrs with no word from the Libyan FF.

For Air traffic controllers to do that thing, it came directly from the Libyan government. If na you, will you still want to play football? Make them kill you throway for Libya!!

As far as I am concerned, that is an act of terrorism and both the Libyan FF and the Libyan government should be sanctioned.....

See the article addressing the libyan issue below, with source attached


[b]The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has rubbished allegations of poor treatment made by Libya’s national team captain, Faisal Al-Badri, regarding their arrival in Nigeria ahead of their 2025 AFCON qualifier,Soccernet.ng reports.

The Mediterranean Knights of Libya arrived Nigeria two days ago in their bid to tackle the Super Eagles in the first leg of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Having arrived in Nigeria, Al-Badri claimed on his Facebook, as reported by Libyan news outlet, that the Nigerian officials hindered what could have been a smooth arrival for them in Nigeria.


“We left the hotel at six in the morning, and the plane took off at nine. The flight took four hours, and thus we arrived in Nigeria at one in the afternoon, Libyan time.”

“Our luggage was searched inside the plane for an hour, and we were also delayed in transportation from one city to another for three hours, even though we travelled on a private plane, and there was an airport close to the city we wanted to play in.

“We later contacted the company responsible for transporting and securing the mission, but they informed us that there was no police patrol at the time, which increased the risk.

“After a long time, three non-air-conditioned minibuses and a police car arrived, in addition to two cars from the Libyan embassy.”

Reacting to this, the Nigerian FA claimed that the Libyan Football Federation (LFF) is responsible for the disarray their team experienced.

Mr. Emmanuel Ayanbunmi, NFF’s Assistant Director of Protocol, revealed that the Libyan team failed to communicate their travel plans in a timely manner.

“We were only informed three hours before their arrival that they were landing in Port Harcourt, not Uyo as expected,” Ayanbunmi stated.

The NFF had arranged to receive the Libyan team in Uyo based on prior discussions with the LFF’s General Secretary, who did not mention a change in plans until it was too late.

“On Monday, October 7th, I spoke at length with the LFF’s General Secretary, and he never indicated that the team would arrive the next day. We only found out an hour after they were airborne,” Ayanbunmi explained.

In response to the sudden change, the NFF sought federal approval to allow the Libyan team’s plane to fly from Port Harcourt to Uyo after immigration formalities.

However, the LFF reportedly opted against this option to avoid additional costs from the charter company, deciding instead to travel by road.

The NFF added that while they provided the Libyan team with security escorts, the Libyan delegation chose to hire their own buses instead of using those arranged by the NFF.

“If they travelled on buses without air conditioning, that’s entirely their own doing. We provided adequate security, and their complaints and threats do not concern us,” Ayanbunmi concluded.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/soccernet.ng/2024/10/we-are-unmoved-nff-rubbishes-libya-captains-claims-of-poor-treatment.html/amp

Which among the players get the Ghana must go among the luggages¿

There is no smoke without fire. Something must have warranted the libyans to come up with this, probably they got an identical treatment in their stay here. The entertainment side of football is gradually eroding.

richmond500:
Ok, so Libyan players were left stranded by Nigerian authorities for 6hours wen they came to Naija, and the Libya had the chance to reciprocate and doubled the effort? Bolt for bolt, stranded for stranded

Let's be honest, we would have loved it if our country reciprocated the same way. "We would have gone further to tell them on Twitter how nobody mess with Nigeria and go free.

..why did Nigeria also leave libyians players stranded for 6 hours..this where the problem is starting from

Can they try this to south Africa or even there Arab North African neighbours?
We dey too take things likely in this country.

Report to CAF, withdraw the players n boycott the match..it will serve as a deterrent to other nations planning such treatments to our national teams in future!

Sorry guys...

I can imagine the stress.

ehissi:



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https://www.google.com/amp/s/soccernet.ng/2024/10/we-are-unmoved-nff-rubbishes-libya-captains-claims-of-poor-treatment.html/amp

Guy this ur post too look and I no read all. Anyways they say "ignorance is a disease".
Cos here I was making excuses for Libya when I didn't know the full story.

Thanks for the update, I go read everything when I get time