Libya FA chief shares crucial steps It will take after CAF punishments for airport saga
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The recent decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) regarding the airport incident with the Nigerian Super Eagles in Libya has sparked a range of responses, from quarters.
Upon reaching Al Abrar airport the Nigerian team members encountered a situation where they were stranded for a total of 20 hours before they could proceed with their journey.
In deciding on the matter, at hand CAF chose to impose a fine of $50k on the Libyan Football Federation and also granted the team three points.
After the governing bodys decision was made known to the public, Nasser Al Suwai. The president of the Libyan Football Federation ( LFF ). Voiced his dissatisfaction, with CAFs ruling.
In an interview, with Al Suwaih discussed the event as unfair and spiteful.
In an interview reported by the Libya Observer newspaper, the head of the Libyan Football Federation ( LFF ) criticized CAFs ruling as unfair and driven by ulterior motives hinting that the Nigerian Football Federations ( NFF ) sway in the organization played a role, in shaping the decision.
Al Suwai stated that Libya does not support the decision and declared that the LFF plans to submit an appeal shortly as they find the penalties to be unacceptable.
The head of the FA mentioned that if the appeal is rejected and not granted favorably the LFF would take action by escalating the issue to the Court of Arbitration, for Sport (CAS) in order to protect and uphold their rightful claims and interests.
It's worth mentioning that in their statement about the airport incident CAF made it clear that they wouldn't be considering any appeals, from the FA regarding this matter.
It's probable that considering the situation at hand the airport incident might end up being escalated to the Court of Arbitration, for Sport.
It's obvious that the situation with the airport incident is far, from being settled.
Another report from YEN.com indicated that CAF decided to lift sanctions against Libya after reaching a conclusion, on the airport incident.
Upon reaching Libya for their scheduled AFCON qualification match members of the team faced unwelcoming treatment.
Since then the CAF has relaxed some of the penalties imposed on the African country.
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