On Monday, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) began a proper investigation into the Super Eagles ordeal in Libya.
CAF also threatened to sanction those found violating its statutes and regulations.
News About Nigeria reports that the threat follows the alarm raised by the Nigerian team, Super Eagles about how they were left stranded for over 12 hours at an airport in Libya.
Recall that the Super Eagles ordeal started when the Nigerian aircraft, originally en route to Benghazi, was diverted to another city over a three-hour drive from the intended destination, just an hour before landing.
After the diversion, the Nigerian Super Eagles team, officials, and support staff were left stranded and subjected to unnecessary delays with no significant assistance from Libyan authorities, the hosts of the qualifying match.
The players and other team members were left without food or any necessary supplies until the intervention by the Nigerian government.
Following this, the team decided to withdraw from Tuesday’s qualifying match which it had travelled to Libya despite claims by the Libyan Football Federation (LFF) that what happened to the team was not intentional.
Reacting to this, CAF in a statement noted that investigations are currently ongoing and those found wanting would be severely punished.
The statement partly reads, “The matter has been referred to the CAF Disciplinary Board for investigation and appropriate action will be taken against those who violated the CAF Statutes and Regulations. The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) has been in contact with the Libyan and Nigerian authorities after it had been informed that the Nigerian National Football Team (‘Super Eagles’) and their technical team were stranded in disturbing conditions for several hours at an airport that they were allegedly instructed to land by the Libyan authorities.”
