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Watch: Tear gas fired as Nigeria fans riot over World Cup loss

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March 30, 2022

Nigerian security forces fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of angry fans who stormed the pitch and went on a rampage after Nigeria failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup late Tuesday.

1. Yesterday, during d 🇳🇬 vs 🇬🇭 match that in Europe and America, security officers back d pitch and face d crowd just to see anybody persons trying to cause trouble. But in Nigeria they were all dragging space with spectators, @PoliceNG @HQNigerianArmy all of them. I told my pic.twitter.com/bIKbFc1fsO
— Samuel Omogor (@SamuelOmogor) March 30, 2022

Outraged supporters flooded the field of the sold-out 60,000 capacity stadium in the capital, after Ghana upset the home team by forcing a 1-1 draw to win the African play-off on away goals and dash Nigeria’s hopes of appearing in the World Cup later this year.

Some of fans smashed benches while others chanted “Pinnick must go! Pinnick must go!!”, referring to the president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick.

Tuesday’s match marked the first time since October 2011 that the Nigerian football team played in MKO Abiola stadium, which underwent about one-million-dollar renovation spearheaded by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote.

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