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CAF President Breaks Silence On Libya Vs Nigeria AFCON Qualifier Incident
During a press conference, Motsepe expressed his disapproval of the incident that occurred at the Libya airport, involving Nigeria’s Super Eagles ahead of their AFCON 2025 qualifying match.
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While condemning the incident, Motsepe stated that he would refrain from making any further comments until CAF reaches a final decision on the matter.
“We should have zero tolerance. When there was this problem of the Nigerian national team in Libya, I will not comment on that because there is a proper investigation.
“But I want to emphasise a principle that we will not tolerate. This is something that has been going on for quite some time. Forget about the Libya vs Nigeria situation; forget about that; appropriate action will be taken.
“I have heard too many stories about a football club or national team that goes to a country. You spend hours at the airport, and they ask you about documents that don’t exist. Apparently, during COVID, they would look at the best players and then say those ten players have got COVID.
“But it is this lack of sportsmanship that has existed, and we haven’t taken effective action. We are reviewing those laws, and we want to emphasise sportsmanship.”
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Nigeria was set to face Libya in the return leg of their AFCON qualifier on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, but chose not to proceed with the match after the team was held hostage for more than 20 hours at the airport.
Their flight to Benghazi, where the game was scheduled to occur, was diverted to a smaller airport shortly before landing at Benghazi Airport.
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