LIBYAN AUTHORITIES HOLD SUPER EAGLES HOSTAGE AT AL ABAQ AIRPORT.

There are reports that the Libyan authorities held Super Eagles players and officials hostage at the Al Abaq airport in Al Abaq, ahead of Tuesday’s AFCON 2025 qualifiers in Benghazi.

In a video posted by the Super Eagles media team, players and officials of the team, together with their luggages were held down by Libyan officials at the airport.

The media team revealed that about an hour to landing, the Nigerian aircraft approaching its destination, Benghazi, was diverted to another city which is more than two hour drive from the original destination.

The treatment handed to the Super Eagles and officials may not  be unconnected to claims made by Libya that they were not treated well when they came to Nigeria for the first leg of the AFCON 2025 qualifiers in Uyo on Friday.

In the first leg in Uyo, the Eagles claimed a 1-0 win, securing  seven points to lead the Group D while Libya are bottom with just one point.