The coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria Austin ‘Cerezo’ Eguavoen has recounted the traumatic ordeal that the Nigerian senior national team were subjected to at the Libyan airport.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria had a terrifying experience when they arrived in Libya on Sunday night after being abandoned at the Al Abraq Airport for several hours.
The crew spent the entire night without adequate treatment since the chartered flight carrying the team was diverted to a small airstrip in Al Abaq, Libya rather than landing in Benghazi, where they were originally supposed to land as scheduled.
The Super Eagles made their way back to the nation on Monday after the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) withdrew from the match after the Libyan Football Federation denied any role in the players’ and officials’ mistreatment.
While reacting to the unpalatable incident meted out by the Libyan’s, Austin Eguavoen stated that it was a horrible 18-20-hour experience that he would not want to go through again.
“Thanks to the Libyans for letting us go, but it was a horrible 18-20 hours of experience and we don’t want to go through that again,” said Eguavoen on arrival in Nigeria Monday.
“We were held hostage, we could not have played this match under these circumstances
“We know how football can unite the entire world, but in this regard, for them to act like this, I cannot comprehend seriously.
“It was strange. CAF are human, they would do their investigations and come up with solutions.” He noted.
