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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria’s Super Eagles squad arrived in Abuja on Tuesday, after boycotting their AFCON qualifier in Libya.<\/p>\n

The decision came after the fooball team were stranded overnight at an airport in Libya, in what the team captain called ‘mind games’.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the players were meant to land in Benghazi, but their plane was diverted to Al Abraq, more than 200km away.<\/p>\n

Those travelling were ‘abandoned’ and locked in the building, after arranging to leave, according to a Nigeria Football Federation official.<\/p>\n

The chairman of the house committee on sports, Kabiru Amadu, said he was shaken by the trip, but that he was relieved to be back.<\/p>\n

‘This trip, I wouldn\u2019t say it was okay but, we thank God that we went and we came back safe. But it was a hostage situation,’ Amadu said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the Libyan football federation said it was ‘deeply concerned’ by the incident, but rejected suggestions of foul play.<\/p>\n

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