*Confederation Probes Libya Over Nigeria’s Mistreatment 

THE Libyan Football Federation, which is under investigation over the botched Libya-Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier slated to hold last Tuesday, October 15, has expressed doubts over the integrity of the leadership of the continental football ruling body, Confederation of African Football (CAF).

     Secretary General of the Federation, Nasser Al-Suwaie, has confirmed that the body has been queried by the Confederation of African Football (CAF)and asked to submit documents related to the cancellation of the match.

Nigeria’s sportsvillagesquare.com quoted the country’s newspaper, Libya Al-Ahrar, as reporting that CAF has given the Federation up till Sunday, October 20, to submit the documents related to this file.

 Al-Suwaie, who disclosed that the body had assigned a specialised lawyer to provide evidence, however, raised queries on the integrity of the CAF personnel.

      In a report published in the online version of Libyaalahrar.tv, Al-Suwaie said there may be collusion from some parties within CAF, but that the position of the Federation was strong.

He stated that the Federation did not change the course of the plane’s landing to Al-Abraq Airport and the reason for changing the plane’s landing to Al-Abraq was a decision by the Libyan state, and the sovereignty of the Libyan state must be respected by everyone.

     He was, however, silent on why the team was held hostage at the Al Abraq Airport and why the Federation did not provide any logistic support to the Nigerian team, which was held up at the airport for over 16 hours without food and water.