African Union wades into Libya-Nigeria deadlocked football match

A newspaper in Libya, Almashhad has reported that the African Union officials have contacted Libyan and Nigerian authorities after being notified that the Nigerian football team and officials were stuck at an airport to which they had been directed by authorities in Libya.

A nine-man Disciplinary Board of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) is currently investigating all circumstances before acting against parties proven to have violated CAF’s regulations and laws.

ON Sunday, Nplayers were meant to land in Benghazi, but their plane was diverted to Al Abraq, more than 200km away.
Those travelling were ‘abandoned’ and locked in the building, after arranging to leave, according to a Nigeria Football Federation official.