The Nigerian ministry of foreign affairs has reacted to reports of Nigerian migrants being sold as slaves in Libya. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Tiwatope Elias Fatile, The ministry revealed that it has been working with the Nigerian mission in Libya to tackle the situation. The statement obtained by PoliticsNGR read;
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja has been liaising closely with the Nigerian Mission in Tripoli, Libya on the video clip in circulation and reports by a section of the Media indicating that migrants, some of whom were reported to be Nigerians, were auctioned off in Libya last week.
In this regard, we have received a preliminary report from the Mission that the host Foreign Ministry has invited African group of diplomats to a meeting where the Libyan government condemned the widely circulated video and stressed in particular that the CNN video footage was an attempt to falsify and dent the image of their country. The diplomats were assured that the Libyan government would investigate the video and if found to be true, the perpetrators of such acts would be brought to justice.
It is apt to add that our Mission in Tripoli has constantly been addressing the problems associated with Nigerian migrants in Libya. There were instances when the Mission received appeals for intervention from some Nigerian families whose children and relations were victims of inhumane acts in that country.
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"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja has been liaising closely with the Nigerian Mission in Tripoli, Libya on the video clip in circulation and reports by a section of the Media indicating that migrants, some of whom were reported to be Nigerians, were auctioned off in Libya last week.
In this regard, we have received a preliminary report from the Mission that the host Foreign Ministry has invited African group of diplomats to a meeting where the Libyan government condemned the widely circulated video and stressed in particular that the CNN video footage was an attempt to falsify and dent the image of their country. The diplomats were assured that the Libyan government would investigate the video and if found to be true, the perpetrators of such acts would be brought to justice.
It is apt to add that our Mission in Tripoli has constantly been addressing the problems associated with Nigerian migrants in Libya. There were instances when the Mission received appeals for intervention from some Nigerian families whose children and relations were victims of inhumane acts in that country.
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Abraham Nyitse
Damn,,,,
Would anyone put someone in shackles at this age,,,Brother,n a there u go see coup d'etat
Would anyone put someone in shackles at this age,,,Brother,n
Rotkang Tanimu Gontur
The govt is not doing enough. They will handle this one as poorly as they handled the South African issue.
Okpala Emmanuel Chuks
can dey try doing dis to countries wit integrity and not face d wrath of such country. Shame to d zoo
Jeremiah Ademolu
They were sold for as low as 400dollars, organs trade is a story another story for another day... Something is definitely wrong with Africa
Christian Chukwuka Anamali
#Mourn4Nigeria is coming up sooon. I will keep ya' all posted....... A day to mourn our living but dead leaders......Ni gerians have got to wake uppppppp to the call to #mourn4nigeria. We want to mourn the evil leaders in nigeria, those who are so comfortable with the massive impoverishment of Nigerians generally especially the youthful population