The Confederation of African Football, CAF have cleared Nigeria and Super Eagles players of any wrongdoing during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, qualifiers.
The Super Eagles impressed at the AFCON qualifiers that were concluded in November.
Austin Eguavoen’s men top Group D which consists of Libya, Benin and Rwanda.
However, CAF’s investigations did not find any infractions on the part of Nigeria and Super Eagles players during the qualifying series.
Contrastingly, Libya, Benin and Equatorial Guinea were sanctioned by the CAF Disciplinary Board.
The CAF Disciplinary Board charged the Libyan Football Federation with misconduct following incidents during their fixture against Benin in Benghazi on 18 November 2024.
They found the Libyan Football Federation guilty of violating articles 82 and 151 of the CAF Disciplinary Code for the behaviour of its supporters and officials during and after the match.
The Libyan Football Federation was ordered to play its next two official national team matches behind closed doors and the CAF Disciplinary Board imposed a fine of USD 50,000 on the Libyan Football Federation.
Similarly, the CAF Disciplinary Board charged the Beninese Football Federation for its non-collaboration with the Disciplinary Board, in violation of article 45 of the CAF Disciplinary Code during their qualifier fixture against Rwanda.
They imposed a fine of USD 5,000 on Benin for violation of Article 45 of the CAF Disciplinary Code.
The DC Board also imposed a fine of USD 50,000, with USD 25,000 suspended for misconduct of its officials at the end of the match.
Also, Equatorial Guinea were charged with failure to provide adequate security during their encounter against Togo on 14 November 2024 in Malabo.
The CAF Disciplinary Board found Equatorial Guinea guilty and imposed a suspended sanction of USD 25,000.
The CAF Disciplinary Board also imposed a USD 5,000 fine on Equatorial Guinea for a lack of security which resulted in supporters invading the pitch.
This was disclosed in a post via CAF’s official website on Sunday.
