Nigeria govt speaks about apologising to Libya over Super Eagles’ detention at airport

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According to a source, the Nigerian government apologised to Libya for mistreating the Super Eagles when they came to the North African nation for a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

This comes after an article in The Libya Observer on Tuesday asserting that their nation has received an apology.

However, Yusuf Tuggar, Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, has denied such allegations.

Alkasim Abdulkadir, Tuggar’s Special Assistant on Media and Communication Strategy, issued a statement on Wednesday in which the minister characterised the report as a purposeful effort to get political leverage and deceive African football administrators and supporters.

He said that the publication misrepresented the contents of a phone call he made with Abdelhadi Lahweej, the foreign minister of Libya, who is headquartered in the east.

“The fact of the matter was that the CDA of the Government of National Unity was summoned to the Ministry to seek an immediate end to the unfortunate incident.

“However, not much diplomatic headway was made during the meeting with the Acting Charge of Affairs, Imad Mohammed Matooq Aboud, as they insisted that it was not under the jurisdiction of Tripoli, which they represented but that of the Eastern Government in Benghazi.

“This prompted the Minister to take immediate action by contacting the Foreign Minister of the Eastern Government, Abdelhadi Lahweej, to intervene and ensure that the detention ended,” the statement read.

Tuggar also refuted Lahweej’s fake assertions that Libyan players were mistreated in Nigeria, correcting the record but declining to issue an apology for any wrongdoing because the accusations were untrue.

According to him, Nigeria rejected Lahweej’s proposal to release a unified statement because it misrepresented the incident’s realities.

Before the second leg of their AFCON qualifying match against the Mediterranean Knights, the Nigerian delegation had flown into Libya, only to be treated cruelly when they got there.

For more than twenty hours, they were confined inside the airport without access to food, water, or the Internet.

An investigation into the situation has been launched by the Confederation of African Football, CAF.

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