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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday clarified why Nigeria\u2019s U-20 Women\u2019s team, Falconets overstayed for 24 hours in Istanbul following their exit from the Women\u2019s World Cup in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

Falconets were en route to Abuja after bowing out of the tournament on Sunday, following a 0-2 loss to the Netherlands in the quarter-finals stage.<\/p>\n

Pictures of the team sleeping on the floor at the Istanbul Airport surfaced on social media with fans blaming the Federation for negligence.<\/p>\n

However, Demola Olajire, NFF\u2019s Head of Communications, said in a statement, that the situation was due to the inability to secure transit visas for the team.<\/p>\n

Olajire also reported Mohammed Sanusi, General Secretary of the NFF, as saying that the tickets were booked by FIFA and not the federation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NFF did not book the team\u2019s tickets from Costa Rica, FIFA did.<\/p>\n

\u201cFIFA also did not envisage the hitches that saw the team delayed for more than three hours in Bogota, and another one hour in Panama. By the time the team got to Istanbul, the flight to Abuja had left,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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