Some reports explained the latest findings of the Nigerian national team mission at Al-Abraq Airport in Libya, where they remained inside the airport for 12 hours without being received and no one was present at the airport.

The Nigerian national team had traveled to Libya to play its match against the Libyan national team in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers, which was scheduled to be held tomorrow, Tuesday.

But after this happened The crisis: The Nigerian national team delegation left Libyan territory after they remained at the airport for up to 12 hours without resolving this matter.

As the captain of the Nigerian Eagles stated on his personal account on the platform X "We spent more than 12 hours at an abandoned airport in Libya after the course of our plane was diverted while landing"

added, "The Libyan government has canceled our landing in Benghazi without any reason They closed the airport gates and left us without food, drink, or any phone calls.

The captain of the Nigerian national team believes that these actions were done in order to play mental games, as he said, “Leave them.” They get the points. We will not accept travel anywhere by land.”

This crisis began when the Libyan national team’s delegation was attacked in the last match that was held in Nigeria in the third round of the tournament. The African Cup of Nations was subjected to harassment and long inspections during their trip, in addition to the absence of any police patrols near the mission.

The Libyan leader, Faisal Al-Badri, stated that the players were transported in cars from the Libyan embassy. Through unsafe roads and forests, the journey lasted for five hours amid many obstacles and harsh conditions.