The Super Eagles are safely back in Nigeria after almost 20 hours of being deliberately marooned at the Al-Abraq Airport in Bayta, where they had gone to honour a Group D 2025 AFCON qualifier against Libya
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However, this problem is not confined to North Africa; some West African teams have also been known to bend fair play rules in their favour. While the treatment of the Super Eagles in Libya was unjust and unacceptable, it mirrors the insecurity and harassment faced by many Nigeria Premier Football League teams when playing at away venues.
“… this kind of behaviour, let them have the points. We will not accept to travel anywhere by road here, even with security; it’s not safe. We can only imagine what the hotel or food would be like given to us IF we continued.” CAF has since stated, “After informing Libyan and Nigerian authorities of the Super Eagles’ disturbing airport experience, we referred the matter to our Disciplinary Board for investigation… Appropriate action will be taken against those violating CAF Statutes and Regulations.”“1. If a team refuses to play a match or to continue playing one which it has begun, it will be sanctioned with a minimum fine of twenty thousand US dollars and will, in principle, forfeit the match.
Victor Boniface, a social media exponent, wrote on X, “I’ve been at the airport for almost 13 hours, with no food, no Wi-Fi, and nowhere to sleep. Africans, we can do better.”
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