Nigeria denies apologising to Libya over Super Eagles’ detention
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has firmly denied claims that the country issued an apology to Libya over the recent detention of the Super Eagles in Benghazi. The clarification comes after The Libya Observer inaccurately reported that Nigeria had apologized for the incident.
In a statement released on Wednesday, October 16, by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media and Communication Strategy, Alkasim Abdulkadir, it was explained that the false report misrepresented a diplomatic phone call between Tuggar and Libya’s Eastern-based Foreign Minister, Abdelhadi Lahweej. The Nigerian government, instead of issuing an apology, expressed dissatisfaction with the way its national football team was treated and called for an immediate resolution.
“The fact of the ma...