Chairman House Committee on Sports, Honourable, Kabiru Amadu has expressed displeasure and deep disappointment over the ill treatment of the Super Eagles in Libya ahead of Tuesday’s AFCON Qualifier in Benghazi.
Players of the Super Eagles and the Nigeria Delegation were held hostage for more than twelve hours at the Al Abag Airport without access to Food and Internet.
The lives of the Nigerian Delegation were put in serious danger when their flight was abruptly diverted to another Airport, one hour to landing in Benghazi.
According to the Chairman of the House Committee on Sports, the behaviour of the Libyans have gone beyond normal routine antics that teams do to unsettled their opponents with this kind of behaviour that is capable of endangering the lives of the Nigeria Delegation.
” This is absolutely not Sportsmanship at all and expect everybody in football to condemn behaviour like this in its entirety”.
” You can’t subject players to such a risky treatment because you want to win a game and I strongly think CAF must take this up because this is not good for the image of football on the continent “.
” Our Football in Africa should have gone pass barbaric behaviour like this and this is a big challenge for CAF to ensure this kind of thing is not seen around the game “.
The Chairman however praised the Super Eagles players for their tenacity and patriotic spirit and assured them that the Nigerian Government will always prioritise their safety.
The Super Eagles were scheduled to take on the Libyans on Tuesday in a reversed fixture of the 2025 AFCON Qualifier after defeating then 1-0 in Uyo on Friday.
