Nigeria midfielder Nosa Igiebor was
injured when angry Ethiopian fans attacked the Super Eagles after the
first leg World Cup playoff against the Walya Antelopes in Addis Ababa on
Sunday.
The Eagles defeated the Walya
Antelopes 2-1 at the Addis Ababa Stadium to take a three-point advantage to the
return match in Calabar on November 16.
In a statement on Monday,
spokesman for the Eagles Ben Alaiya said the fans attacked
the bus conveying the Eagles to their hotel after the game with stones and
shattered its rear windscreen.
“(Real Betis player) Nosa Igiebor was
the unlucky one as the stones slashed his right palm leading to profuse
bleeding that was immediately attended to by team doctor, Ibrahim Gyaran.”
Alaiya said the Nigeria Football
Federation reported the incident to the FIFA Security team at the
match venue for the encounter.
“We hope FIFA will take an
action,” Umeh told BBC Sport.
“It’s a shame that such an
embarrassing behaviour could happen after a football match.”
The NFF also accused the
Ethiopians of maltreating the Nigerian supporters at the stadium on match day.
“Matters came to a head on match day,
when bottles were hauled at Nigerian players and supporters when the Ethiopians
thought that they had scored an opener in the first half,” Alaiya said.
However, the NFF insisted
that the Ethiopians would not be maltreated when they visit Calabar for the return
leg in November.
Unconfirmed reports said some Nigerians resident in
the North-East African country were also attacked and their business centres
destroyed by the protesters
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