Nigeria's women's team
have ended their sit-in protest at a hotel in Abuja after being paid money owed
to them.
BBC
Africa Sport report continues:
They
were demanding US$23,650 (£19,000) per player from the Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) for
winning the 2016 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
The Super Falcons had been
at the hotel in the capital since 6 December.
"The
players have all left the hotel in Abuja after they start receiving payments
alerts," the team's media officer Remi Sulola told BBC Sport.
One
of the players also confirmed that she and her roommate had been paid.
"It's
taken some time, [because banks don't work over the weekend] but we've finally
received our money today," one player, who insisted on anonymity, told BBC
Sport.
"We thank the government, the fans and media for their roles in making sure we got our hard-earned dues."
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