Libyan Football Federation would consider taking its case to the Court of Arbitration for Sports, if its appeal against Confederation of African Football’s ruling against it in the African Cup of Nations qualifier fiasco is not successful.
CAF had ruled Saturday that the LFF will forfeit the October 15 AFCON qualifier tie against the Super Eagles of Nigeria and pay $50,000 fine over the shabby treatment of the Nigeria team when they arrived in Libya for the tie.
Several reports in Libya say the LFF has engaged Tunisian lawyer Ali Abbas to argue the ruling against it, which the LFF described as unfair.
The CAF disciplinary committee, headed by Ousmane Kane, ruled against the LFF, citing infractions of Article 31 of the Africa Cup of Nations Regulations, along with Articles 82 and 151 of the CAF Disciplinary Code.
Nigeria Football Federation had filed a complaint following the diversion of the Super Eagles plane to an airport 300km from Benina venue of the match. The Super Eagles were scheduled to land in Benghazi, but the Libyans abandoned them at the Al Albraq airport with food or water for 17 hours.
The Libyans had claimed that they were handed the same ordeal when they arrived in Nigeria for the first leg of the encounter. A claim the NFF debunked with evidence.
