The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded the botched Libya versus Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations qualification match to the Super Eagles.
The board fined the Libyan Football Federation (LFF) $50, 000 for breaching “the Article 31 of the African Cup of Nations Regulations, as well as Articles 82 and 151 of the CAF Disciplinary Code.”
In a notification letter to the LFF, dated October 26, 2024, tagged: “Notification of the terms of the Decision DC23175 – QAFCON – 23.10.2024 of the CAF Disciplinary Board,” the body said: “(1) The Libya Football Federation is found to have breached Article 31 of the African Cup of Nations Regulations, as well as Articles 82 and 151 of the CAF Disciplinary Code;(2)The match No.87 Libya v. Nigeria of the CAF African Cup of Nations Qualifiers 2025 (scheduled to be played on October 15, 2024 in Benghazi) is declared lost by forfeit by Libya (by a score of 3-0);(3) The Libya Football Federation is ordered to pay a fine of USD 50,000; (4) The fine is to be paid within 60 days of notification of the present decision: (5) All other and further motions or prayers for relief are dismissed.”
CAF said that the decision was reached by the disciplinary board in their meeting of October 23, 2024 in Cairo, Egypt.
The CAF Disciplinary Board comprises Ousmane Kane of Senegal as Chairman, Ms. Njeri Onyango (vice chairperson, Kenya), Felix Golbassia (Tchad), Patrick Shale (Lesotho) and Norman Arendse (South Africa).
The match billed for Benghazi on October 15 was called off by CAF when Nigeria decided to boycott the fixture following inhumane treatment by the Libyan authorities, who detained the Super Eagles delegation to the game for over 16 hours without food, water and access to communications.
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