Suffering at an end: The Nigerian mission returns home after 20 hours at a Libyan airport

The “Odyssey” of her national team Nigeria it has finally come to an end!

After an incredible 20+ hours of suffering at a Libyan airport, the expedition of the “eagles” departed with the destination of returning to the homeland and Lagos.

After many hours of consultation and pressure from all parties involved, the Libyan government finally agreed to the flight permit is issued for the Nigerian team to leave the… much talked about airport and fly back to their country.

According to reports, the people of Nigeria have decided to walk out and not play in tomorrow’s scheduled Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya, with the match leads to adjournment!

We remind you that the football players and the technical team of Nigeria were stranded at the airport without food and water, while they also had… problems with the internet as a result of which they could not easily communicate with the outside world!

All this looks like a big football “vendetta”, since a few days earlier, the corresponding national team of Libya denounced the inexplicable stay at Lagos airport for several hours, in order to carry out a check on the belongings of the members of the mission.

?? Nigerian players are finally allowed to return back to their country after over 20 hours stuck in a Libyan airport with no food or water. ????

They have decided NOT to play the game against Libya. ??????

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— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) October 14, 2024

UPDATE:

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…

— Adepoju Tobi Samuel ???? (@OgaNlaMedia) October 14, 2024