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Nigeria Africa Cup: Nigeria’s football squad is being held hostage at the Al-Abraq Airport in Libya after the Libyan FA diverted the flight carrying the team ahead of the Libya vs Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations qualification match supposed to take place in Benghazi on Wednesday.

The two teams had clashed in Nigeria on Friday with the hosts prevailing 1-0. According to a report by daily mail, Libya’s national team was unhappy with the way their team was treated by the Nigerian Football Federation with the captain of the side Faisal Al-Badri claiming the team faced troubles and had a far from seamless entry to the country, which was disputed by the NFF.

According to a post by Nigeria’s captain on 'X', William Troost Ekomg, the side was left locked inside the airport ‘without phone connection, food or drink.’