AFCON 2025: Super Eagles stranded at Libya airport after flight diversion
by Hassan Muaz · The Eagle OnlineThe players and officials of the Super Eagles are stranded at Al Abaq airport in Al Abaq, Libya, hours after arriving in the country, with their flight diverted.
A journalist, Adepoju Tobi Samuel, who made this known on Sunday, also revealed the flight was diverted from its original destination.
Samuel said about an hour before landing, the aircraft bearing the team was diverted to Al Abaq from Benghazi, where it was scheduled to land.
He equally revealed that after landing, the transportation plans of the Nigerian Football Federation were disrupted.
He tweeted on X: “The agreement and the approval the NFF got was for the chartered flight to land in Benghazi, a few minutes drive to Benina.
“Airborne the plane was diverted to Abraq Airport.
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“The NFF transport arrangement was already in Benghazi. Despite the diversion of the plane, there were no buses provided at the Abraq Airport by the Libyan FA.
“The Super Eagles contingent has been stranded for 3+ hours and locked up at the Abraq Airport.
“NFF made another transport arrangement and they have refused to open the gates.
“Abraq Airport to Benina City is almost a three-hour drive.”
A Super Eagles defender, Tanimu Benjamin, confirmed the development on his X handle.
Benjamin tweeted: “4hrs after arrival, still at the airport 😪😪.
“Also still have 2hrs drive to the hotel 😂😂.”
The Super Eagles are scheduled to take on Libya on Tuesday in the second leg of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
In the first leg, the Super Eagles at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, defeated the Mediterranean Knights of Libya by a lone goal.
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