By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has expressed his views on the inhumane treatment meted out on Super Eagles players at the Al Abaq Airport in Libya.
The players and their officials were stranded at the airport for several hours after arriving for a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match.
They were held captive at the airport without access to food, water and internet.
The team eventually boycotted the game and eventually returned to Nigeria.
“We should have zero tolerance. When there was this problem of the Nigerian national team in Libya, I will not comment on that because there is a proper investigation,” Motesepe said during the CAF’s 46th Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa, on Tuesday,
“But I want to emphasise a principle that we will not tolerate. This is something that has been going on for quite some time.
“Forget about the Libya vs Nigeria situation; forget about that; appropriate action will be taken. I have heard too many stories about a football club or national team that goes to a country.”