Libya Fined as CAF awards Nigeria 3 points

Nigeria awarded a 3-0 victory after boycotting their AFCON qualifier Libya due to squad being left stranded at the airport for more than 16 HOURS without food and drinks.

The three points took Nigeria to 10 with two matches left to play, four ahead of second-placed Benin and five ahead of Rwanda. Libya have a single point from four games and are in last place.

Nigeria had refused to play the match in Benghazi on Oct. 15, citing mistreatment on arrival in the country some 48 hours before the scheduled kick-off. Nigerian players and officials were kept in a locked airport for more than 16 hours, almost 250km away from their intended destination, after their charter flight was redirected while on approach to Benghazi and instead landed in Bayda.

CAF said Nigeria were awarded the match with a 3-0 scoreline and that Libya had been fined $50,000.