By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau
Nigerians at home and in the diaspora are still agonising over the Libyan authorities inhuman treatment meted out to Nigeria’s senior football team Super Eagles’ delegation to the North African country.
Reacting, Chief Adetilewa Adebajo, Chairman, Stationery Stores Football Club of Lagos has called on Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to report the Libyan Football Federation (LFF) to world football governing body, FIFA and the Confederation of African Football, CAF, without further delay.
Speaking on ARISE NEWS TV ‘Morning Show’ monitored by Prompt News in Abuja Monday, Adebajo, said the Libyan authorities have breached every international sports and diplomatic protocols and should be punished by the continental and international football ruling bodies.
Adebajo is also an Investment banker, Economist and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CFG Advisory.
“The Libyan authorities should be held accountable for the ill-treatment of the Super Eagles in Libya and I call on the NFF to quickly report Libya Football Federation to FIFA and CAF. What the Libyans are doing is purely old tricks that have kept African football in the dark”, Adebajo advised the NFF.
Prompt News reports that Super Eagles contingent are still stranded about 13 hours after the delegation arrived on the shores of Libya ahead of Tuesday’s 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Mediterranean Knights of Libya.
The team landed at the Al Abraq Airport in the remote part of the country after been diverted from Benghazi International Airport.
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According to Spokesman of NFF, Ademola Olajire, the chartered aircraft that conveyed the Super Eagles and officials was, strangely and in a dangerous manner, diverted to the small airport away from Benghazi just as the pilot was completing his approach to the Benghazi Airport.
“We understand the Al Abraq International Airport is only used for hajj operations. Fatigued players and officials have remained nonplussed as the host Libyan Football Federation failed to send any reception team or even vehicles to take the delegation members from the airport to their hotel, said to be 3 hours away in Benghazi”,Olajire said in a statement early Monday morning.
