Umbutho webhola ekhatywayo waseNigeria uthe uza kulibhabhisa iqela lesizwe libuyele ekhaya ngoMvulo emva kokutyholwa “ngokuphathwa kakubi” eLibya ngaphambi komdlalo wokuhlungela iNdebe yeZizwe zase-Afrika ngo-2025.
“Abadlali bagqibe kwelokuba abasayi kuphinda bawudlale umdlalo nanjengoko amagosa eNFF (umfelandawonye waseNigeria) esenza izicwangciso zokubuyisela iqela ekhaya,” utshilo umlawuli wezonxibelelwano weNFF, uAdemola Olajire izolo.
Isikhalazo esisemthethweni saseNigeria sithunyelwe kwiConfederation of African Football (CAF) ibhodi yayo yoluleko ngoku iphanda ngesi sehlo.
Iqela laseNigeria libanjelwe kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esilahliweyo eLibya ngaphezulu kweeyure ezilishumi elinesihlanu ukusukela oko inqwelomoya yabo eqeshiweyo yafika ngeCawa.
I-ambassy yaseNigeria e-Libya kuthiwa ayinakungenelela njengoko iza kufuna imvume yokwenza oko kurhulumente waseLibya.
UCaptain William Troost-Ekong uthe iqela aliyi kudlala umdlalo kwaye abayi kukhwela ibhasi yeeyure ezintathu ukusuka e-Al-Abraq ukuya eBenina, apho umdlalo wokuhluza ubucwangciselwe ukuba udlalwe ngoLwesibini, ngenxa yezizathu zokhuseleko.
“Njengokapteni weqela kunye neqela sigqibe kwelokuba ASINGAWUDLALI lo mdlalo,” utshilo kumakhasi onxibelelwano.
“Asinakuvuma ukuhamba naphina ngendlela apha nokuba akukhuselekanga. Singacinga ukuba ihotele okanye ukutya bekuya kuba njani xa siqhubeka.”
I-CAF ithe bawajonge ngendlela embi kakhulu “amava aphazamisayo nangamkelekanga eQela leBhola eKhatywayo laseNigeria kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya eLibya”.
Ingxelo yongeze ukuba iCAF ibinxibelelana nabasemagunyeni baseLibya naseNigeria.
“Amanyathelo afanelekileyo aya kuthathwa kwabo baphule iMithetho neMigaqo yeCAF” iqukumbele ingxelo.
Umbutho webhola ekhatywayo waseLibya ukukhabile nakuphi na ukungafanelekanga, wathi kwingxelo “unentlonipho enkulu” ngeNigeria.
“Akukho zizathu zokutyhola amaqela okhuseleko eLibya okanye iLibyan Football Federation ngokwenza ngabom esi siganeko,” itshilo.
“Ezo zenzo azihambelani nemilinganiselo yethu nemigaqo yethu.
“Siwakhaba ngokuqinileyo nawaphi na amabango abonisa ukudlala intlonti okanye ukonakaliswa kule meko.”
Owayesakuba ngumdlali webhola ekhatywayo wonyaka wase-Afrika uVictor Ikpeba, ohambe neqela laseNigeria ukuya eLibya, ubongoze ukuba kwenziwe izohlwayo eziqatha ngokuchasene neLibya kwaye wasixhasa isigqibo sokungawufuni umdlalo.
“Ukuba iCAF iyawazi umsebenzi wayo, iLibya kufanele ukuba ivalwe kwibhola yamazwe ngamazwe,” uxelele i-AFP.
“Eli lilizwe elisemngciphekweni omkhulu kwaye umntu uyazibuza ukuba ngubani ovumele iLibya ukuba idlale imidlalo yayo ekhaya.
“Ndidlalele iSuper Eagles iminyaka eli-10 kwaye andizange ndiyifumane into endinayo eLibya kwiiyure ezidlulileyo.”
“Iqela alikhuselekanga, thina sihamba nabo”