Nigeria national football team · 1996

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1996Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

The team withdrew from that year's African Cup of Nations under pressure from the country's military dictator Sani Abacha due to the criticism received from the tournament hosts South Africa and especially its president

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