The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) confirmed Monday that their national team had returned home after alleged "inhumane treatment" in Libya ahead of a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. "The Nigeria delegation departed the Al-Abraq Airport at exactly 15.05 hours, bound for the city of Kano, and onwards to the Federal Capital, Abuja," the NFF said in a statement.
NFF director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, outlined in a 20-point statement the team's "ordeal on Libyan soil", saying the "keenly-anticipated match" had been "relegated to a fiasco by Libyan federal authorities and Football Federation".
The Nigerian team were held at an abandoned airport in Libya for more than 20 hours after their chartered flight landed Sunday.
The Super Eagles had been due to land in Benghazi but their plane was instead diverted to Al Abraq, 230km (143 miles) away from their intended destination.