NFF Reacts to Falconets’ Ordeal in Turkey The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has absolved itself and the Federal Government from blame over the ordeal suffered by the women U-20 national team, Falconets, who were forced to sleep on the bare floor of Istanbul Airport after missing their connecting flight from Turkey to Abuja. Reacting to
NFF Reacts to Falconets’ Ordeal in Turkey
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has absolved itself and the Federal Government from blame over the ordeal suffered by the women U-20 national team, Falconets, who were forced to sleep on the bare floor of Istanbul Airport after missing their connecting flight from Turkey to Abuja.
Reacting to the incident, yesterday, the NFF in a statement by its Media Director, Ademola Olajire, explained that a number of factors, including the inability to secure transit visas for players and officials of the team at the Istanbul Airport, led to the team having to stay 24 hours at the airport in Turkey.
“The NFF did not book the team’s tickets from Costa Rica; FIFA did, he said.
The NFF also clarified that FIFA did not envisage the hitches that saw the team delayed for more than three hours in Bogota, and another one hour in Panama.
