Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong says his team have been left at an abandoned airport in Libya for more than 17 hours without food or drink. Nigeria’s football team will be flown back from Libya without playing their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match following their alleged “inhumane treatment” in the host nation, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said. The NFF is now making arrangements to fly them back to Nigeria before their match against Libya scheduled for Tuesday. “We were locked up in an abandoned airport for more than 10 hours like hostages.”On Friday, Nigeria beat Libya 1-0 at home in the southern city of Uyo. They lead Group D with seven points from three matches while Libya are bottom of the standings on one point.

Source: Libya Today October 14, 2024 21:35 UTC