Violence has broken out in the National Stadium, Abuja after the Super Eagles of Nigeria were beaten to a ticket in Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup by Ghana after playing a 1-1 draw at the stadium.
The result which meant that the Black Star of Ghana qualified on an away goal advantage led to an angry reaction from fans in the stadium.
The fans vandalised many of the facilities in the stadium forcing security men to respond with tear gas which was shot severally to thwart the angry demonstrators.
Newsmen report that Ghana had held Nigeria to a goalless draw on Friday in the first leg of the playoff at the Ohene Djan Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
Nigeria hosted arch-rivals Ghana in the return leg on Tuesday at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja amid high hopes that the Super Eagles would scale through to get the ticket.
Nigeria coach Augustine Eguavoen made five changes to the team that played in Kumasi last Friday while his Ghana counterpart Otto Addo stuck to an unchanged XI.
Ghana opened the score line in the 10th minute of the game after Francis Uzoho made a huge error, allowing Thomas Partey to fire a powerful shot from outside the penalty box into the back of the net.
The Super Eagles’ Captain, William Troost-Ekong, responded nine minutes later by scoring from a penalty kick after Ademola Lookman was brought down by Dennis Odoi.
Four minutes after the half-hour mark, Osimhen had the ball in the back of the net after connecting to a through-ball from Leon Balogun but it was ruled out for offside by the VAR.
