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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have finally arrived in the country from Libya after their harrowing ordeal, The Eastern Updates reports.
The players and their officials landed at the Aminu Kano International Airport on Monday night.
The contingent were stranded at the Al Abaq Airport in Libya for several hours after arriving in the North African country on Sunday.
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The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF took the decision to pull out of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matchday four encounter following the inhumane treatment the players were subjected to in Libya.
The encounter was earlier scheduled to hold in Benina on Tuesday.
After the ensuing conflict in Libya, some of the players and officials of the Nigeria national football team, the Super Eagles, were set to fly back from Libya.
This came after the Libyan government succumbed to pressure from external bodies, to refuel the Super Eagles’ chartered jet and clear their airspace.
The Nigerian players were abandoned at the Al Abraq International Airport without food, water or Internet for over 15 hours.
But they are now enroute Nigeria, as confirmed by sports journalist Adepoju Tobi Samuel, popularly known as OgaNlaMedia.
He wrote on X: “After pressure from several quarters, the Libyan government has agreed to issue clearance for ValueJet Airline to fly and sell aviation fuel to the airline.
“They came with a gimmick to issue a pre-clearance to land in Benghazi first before we fly to Nigeria. The same Benghazi that was busy yesterday.
“The NFF has insisted that the clearance from Al-Abraq airport must be for the team to fly directly to Nigeria.”
The Libyan Football Federation has also issued a statement denying any targeted inhumane treatment of Nigeria’s Super Eagles delegation, which arrived in Libya for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match Sunday night.
