Super Eagles captain William Troost Ekong ihaa reacted to the inhumane treatment received by the Super Eagles as they are held hostage by Libyan Authority ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, 2025 AFCON Qualifier between Nigeria and Libya, Sports247 reports.
The Super Eagles are still being held hostage and stranded at Abraq Airport in Libya after twelve hours of landing on Monday morning, and reactions to the inhumane action by the Libyan authority has continued to generate reactions from Nigerians with the topic dominating different social media spaces.
The Super Eagles captain cannot hold his frustration about the situation after no end in sight for over twelve hours , bearing his mind on the mind game, via his X handle.
Here is the unedited narration of Williams Troost Ekong ordeal in Libya.
” 12+ hours in an abandoned airport in Libya after our plane was diverted whilst descending. Libya government rescinded our approved landing in Benghazi with no reason. They’ve locked the airport gates and left us without phone connection, food or drink. All to play mind games. ”
“I’ve experienced stuff before playing away in Africa but this is disgraceful behaviour. Even the Tunisian Pilot who thankfully managed to navigate the last minute change to an airport not fit for our plane to land had never seen something like this before”.
” At this point we have called for our Nigerian Government to intervene and rescue us. As the captain together with the team we have decided that we will NOT play this game. CAF should look at the report and what is happening here. Even if they decide to allow it.”
” This kind of behaviour, let them have the points. We will not accept to travel anywhere by road here even with security it’s not safe. We can only imagine what the hotel or food would be like given to us IF we continued”.
“We respect ourselves and respect our opponents when they are our guests in Nigeria”.
” Mistakes happen but these things on purpose have nothing to do with international football.” He submitted.
Nigeria will face Libya on Tuesday by 8 pm in the Benina, a journey of four hours by road from the Abraq Airport.
