Super Eagles land in Kano as Adebayor, Aubameyang, Musa condemn Libya’s barbaric conduct

The Super Eagles are finally back home after their Chartered ValueJet aircraft landed in Kano a few minutes before 6pm.

The Nigerians had spent over 16 hours locked in Al Abaq airport Al Abaq, Libya where their flight, scheduled to land in Benghazi were diverted to without any justifiable reason.

With worldwide condemnation of the barbaric act of the Libyans, the Super Eagles were finally rescued and are now back home after making good their threat not to honour the second leg of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Libyans in Benina on Tuesday evening.

Meanwhile, top African footballers, Emmanuel Adebayor, Pierre Emerick-Aubameyand and Kano Pillars star, Ahmed Musa have condemned what they feel could ruin the image of African football, calling on the Confederation of African Football, CAF, to set things right.

‘Nigerian Super Eagles were stranded at a Libyan airport, locked in without food, wi-fi, or a place to sleep after their flight was diverted.

‘This type of behaviour is unacceptable for the progress of African football. No team should face such treatment. We stand with Nigeria’s Super Eagles.

‘Respect and fair play must come first on and off the field,’ Adebayor, the former Arsenal and Man City player wrote on his social media page.

Aubameyang, who also featured for Arsenal shared in Adebayor’s sentiments.

‘Anyway, that is not possible in 2024 acting like that,’ he wrote on X.

Musa also decried the level of treatment meted-out on his colleagues.

‘I’m extremely disappointed by the unjust treatment of the Super Eagles, the NFF officials, as well as dignitaries in Libya.

‘This is not sportsmanship, and I want the football governing body, @CAF_Online to intervene and investigate this incident.

‘I stand with the players in this difficult time,’ he also wrote on X.