The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Committee has awarded the cancelled Libya versus Nigeria Group D 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match to the Super Eagles.
Also, Libyan Football Federation (LFF) was fined $50,000 for breaching “the Article 31 of the African Cup of Nations Regulations, as well as Articles 82 and 151 of the CAF Disciplinary Code.”
The decision was reached by the disciplinary board in their meeting which took place October 23, 2024 in Cairo, Egypt.
The board comprises Ousmane Kane of Senegal as Chairman, Njeri Onyango (vice chairperson, Kenya), Felix Golbassia (Tchad), Patrick Shale (Lesotho) and Norman Arendse (South Africa).
In a notification letter to the LFF, dated October 26, 2024, tagged: “Notification of the terms of the Decision DC23175 – QAFCON – 23.10.2024 of the CAF Disciplinary Board,” the body said: “(1) The Libya Football Federation is found to have breached Article 31 of the African Cup of Nations Regulations, as well as Articles 82 and 151 of the CAF Disciplinary Code;(2)The match No.87 Libya v. Nigeria of the CAF African Cup of Nations Qualifiers 2025 (scheduled to be played on October 15, 2024 in Benghazi) is declared lost by forfeit by Libya (by a score of 3-0);(3) The Libya Football Federation is ordered to pay a fine of USD 50,000; (4) The fine is to be paid within 60 days of notification of the present decision: (5) All other and further motions or prayers for relief are dismissed.”
The matchday 4 AFCON 2025 second leg qualifier billed for Benghazi on October 15 was called off by CAF when Nigeria decided to boycott the fixture due to inhumane treatment by the Libyan authorities, who detained the Super Eagles and officials for over 16 hours without food, water and access to communications.
The Libyans had earlier diverted the Nigerian team’s flight from the earlier scheduled Benghazi to Al Abraq Airport, which, according to the Nigerian team’s Tunisian pilot, lacked the required navigation facilities for such flights.
The CAF Disciplinary Board met on October 23 to investigation both countries’ claims and found Libya guilty.
With the verdict by the disciplinary board, the Eagles are now on 10 points while Libya are bottom with just one point.
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