The Super Eagles players and officials of are set to depart from Libya following a tumultuous delay of over 14 hours and alleged mistreatment by the host country on Sunday.
This was disclosed by a sports enthusiast, @OgaNlaMedia via his personal X.com page on Monday confirmed that the players have now boarded en route to Nigeria
He wrote, “UPDATE:We are now boarding to Nigeria.The Internet has been hell, hopefully, further updates will drop.”
Another sport identified as Pooja Media, also confirmed this via his X handle on Monday
He wrote, “Super Eagles players and all officials are boarding to fly out of Libya to Nigeria. Thank God.”
Also confirming this, a player, Bruno Onyemaechi, wrote, “Me and Libya, I don wash my hands commot. Nothing concerns me and una again. Thank God I’m going back.”
Prior to this, Libyan authorities were alleged to have refused to provide the Super Eagles’ chartered flight, ValueJet, with permission and aviation fuel to fly the players back to Nigeria.
