The Super Eagles of Nigeria were left stranded at the airport after they arrived at the Libyan airport ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations ( AFCON) 2025 second-leg qualifying game against Libya. The players and some officials of the NFF, including the President of the federation were left unattended to by the Libyan authorities.
NFF’s Director of Communications, Dr Ademola Olajire, provides a point-by-point account of how a keenly-anticipated Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match was relegated to a fiasco by Libyan federal authorities and Football Federation
1) The chartered ValueJet aircraft departed from the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo at 11.55hours on Sunday, 13th October 2024, and landed at the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano at 13.10hours, for the completion of immigration formalities and for the aircraft to refuel.
