The President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Tuesday expressed the deep appreciation of the NFF and the Nigeria Football family for the warm words of encouragement from the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR following the Super Eagles’ return from a better-forgotten Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match adventure in Libya.
On Monday, Mr. President put out a statement warmly welcoming the team back to home, and asking for prompt justice from the Confederation of African Football following the inhumane treatment of the Nigerian contingent. Mr. President also commended the proactive coordination between the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Federal Ministry of Sports Development in addressing the unfortunate episode and ensuring the safe return of the players.
“We hereby express our deep and sincerest appreciation to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his warm and kind words of encouragement. These words have gone a long way to reassure the players of the firm support of the Government and people of Nigeria for what they do and the efforts and sacrifice they make in representing this great country.
“The commitment and love for the team by the Government and the entire nation was aptly demonstrated by the physical presence of the Honourable Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh at the airport to welcome the team back to Nigeria.
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“Mr. President as the father of the nation, has once again demonstrated his concern and keen interest in the beautiful game of football that unites our peoples from all walks of life and across all known mental, physical, spiritual, political and economic boundaries, and which fosters national unity and friendship among peoples and nations of the universe.”
Gusau, who led the delegation to Libya, also commended the captain and crew of the ValueJet aircraft that flew the delegation to and from that country, saying that their patience, diligence, good manners, warmth and endurance made the trip less arduous for the contingent.
“The captain (Mr. Abdul-Latif) and crew were awesome. I must commend, in particular, the captain. He did his job professionally and with a touch of excellence, and even intervened at a point to talk to the airport operatives to allow the NFF leadership to go outside the airport to find a way to hire vehicles for the team. As a fellow North African (Tunisian) who had worked in Libya previously, they were ready to offer him hotel accommodation but not any other member of the crew or any Nigerian, as all the hotels in the city disclosed that they had strict orders not to welcome any Nigerian nationality. He refused their offer and rather opted to sleep in the aircraft with the rest of the crew.
“The captain and crew showed great maturity and kindness. We will never forget them.”
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What a terrorist country, good riddance to a bad rubbish.
They had strict orders not to welcome any Nigerian nationality, and were only willing to offer the pilot another north African (Tunisian) hotel accomodation out of all the people present????????????!Look – make no mistake about it!!
This can only be described by one term – War!!
This is war! – those complete numpties have taken this too far! These are the absolute rock bottom scraping dwellers of the dregs of inhuman existence and they MUST be made to suffer for this type of unwarranted and completely disrespectful assault on the basic rights of an actual human being – they will pay, one way or another let me tell you!
It will be better for them to pay the easy way ie get fined and banned and shamed for this cowardice and for them to step up and own this ish because if they don’t then they will pay the hard way! Nuff said!
Absolute animals! Complete Twats! Shameful savages!
“They had strict orders not to welcome any Nigerian nationality, and were only willing to offer the pilot another north African (Tunisian) hotel accommodation out of all the people present”????????????! Look – make no mistake about it!!
This can only be described by one term – War!!
This is war! – those complete numpties have taken this too far! These are the absolute rock bottom scraping dwellers of the dregs of inhuman existence and they MUST be made to suffer for this type of unwarranted and completely disrespectful assault on the basic rights of an actual human being – they will pay, one way or another let me tell you!
It will be better for them to pay the easy way ie get fined and banned and shamed for this cowardice and for them to step up and own this ish because if they don’t then they will pay the hard way! Nuff said!
Absolute animals! Complete Twats! Shameful savages!
Only in Nigeria do we praise politicians who came to seek jobs from the masses, whenever they do a minute part of their duties. That is why they spend more money publicizing any projects they have executed. I suggest our national teams use Nigeria carrier in such trips.
I see it as praise singing commending the president for the flight. The matter is more than just a flight, as our players and officials were humiliated and subjected to inhuman treatment. We should recall our diplomats until they answer why Nigerians were treated that way. Look at all the football competitions at the club level, Nigerian teams are always eliminated by North African teams with these treatments and hostility. This is the right time to put an end to all these anomalies.
Damn….Ghana may not qualify for the next Afcon….They just lost to Sudan 2-0 leaving them with 2 points from 4 games while Sudan with 7pts and Morocco with 9…No more minnows in African football.