Nigeria: skip AFCON qualification after ‘horrendous abuse’
“The players have decided they will not to play the match again while the management of the NFF is considering sending the team home,” said Ademola Olajire, the NFF director of communications. African football (CAF)..
The information was that, In Libya, Nigerian embassy couldn’t intervene without intervention from the government to do so. The Nigerian delegation was at the airport in Libya for more than 15 hours after their flight landed in Libya.
Captain William Trost-Ekong said the team won’t play the match and for security reasons, won’t board the three-hour bus from Al-Ubraq to Benina, where The qualifiers will be held on Tuesday.
He wrote on social networks: “As the captain of the team, and as a team, we decided not to play in this match.”
“Let them score.”.
The all situation has made us to stay alert and mindful of our moves. “We won’t agree to go anywhere on the way here, even with security granted it’s still not safe. We can only imagine what kind of hotel and food will be served to us. to continue.” African Footballer of the Year Victor Ikpeba, who was with team to Libya, called for tougher sanctions on Libya and highly supports the decision to cancel the tournament. “If CAF knows what they are doing, Libya should be banned from international football,” he told AFP.
“This is a dangerous country, and I wonder who allowed Libya to play their home matches..
For ten years i I played for the Super Eagles and I have never bared witness of what I experienced in the last few hours in Libya.
He added: “The group is not safe, we who are traveling with them are not safe either.”
“We discriminated and abandoned in a lifeless airport for 10 hours.
“Team is likely to cancel and not play the match.
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