The Libyan Football Federation condemned the Nigerian Football Federation's actions in refusing to play the return match in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers, stressing that it will take all measures to preserve the interests of the Libyan national football team.
The Libyan Football Federation said that its Nigerian counterpart did not cooperate with it in any way, whether in the first or second leg, indicating that the conditions that the Nigerian team was exposed to were beyond the Federation's control and did not equal a small part of what the Libyan team was exposed to in Nigeria.
The Libyan Federation apologized to the Libyan football fans and the parties concerned with arranging the match due to the state of confusion caused by the Nigerian Federation due to the lack of coordination. It attached in its statement "some of the inhumane scenes" that the team was exposed to in Nigeria, which did not prevent the team from playing.
The two teams were scheduled to meet on Tuesday evening in the fourth round of Group 4 in the qualifiers for the 2025 African Cup of Nations.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) assigned the Disciplinary Committee to investigate what it described as the disturbing and unacceptable experiences that the Nigerian team experienced in Libya.
CAF contacted the Libyan and Nigerian authorities after being informed that the Nigerian national team and its technical staff were stuck in precarious conditions for several hours at an airport where they were allegedly directed to land by the Libyan authorities.