Nigeria Football Federation have confirmed that the AFCON qualifier against Libya will be played at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna according to a report by Complete Sports.
The match which is billed to hold on October 13 is the first leg of a doubleheader against Libya.
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr is said to have approved the venue and Confederation of African Football have also given the stadium the green light to host the match.
“I want to inform you that there is no issue about the venue for our match against Libya because we have decided to play at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium Kaduna. Coach Rohr is satisfied with the facilities he inspected and he did not reject it as reported,” a reliable source at the NFF told CSN.
“We have informed CAF that the venue of the match with Libya will be Kaduna and we are not going back on that.
“Whatever flaws observed during the inspection of the stadium will be put in place before the end of the month.”
Libya are currently on top of the log with four points from two games while Nigeria have three points from two matches.