The Nigeria Football Federation NFF, absolved itself and the Federal Government from blame over the ordeal suffered by the women Under 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.
The Falconets, who were eliminated from the ongoing FIFA Under 20 Women World Cup by The Netherlands at the weekend, were supposed to return to Nigeria on a Turkish Airline flight from Costa Rica on Monday.
The players’ ordeal came to the fore, when pictures of the girls lying on benches and on the floor at the Istanbul Airport flooded social media.
Members of the Under 20 women’s football team, the Falconets, sleeping on the floor at the Istanbul airport, Turkey while on a 24-hour layover in the biting cold.
Earlier, sources close to the team had accused the NFF of failing to provide basic kits with the Falconets needed for the competition, saying the players were given only three sets of green home wear and two sets of white away wear for a competition that would last three weeks.
