Read the statement below...
The attention of the office
of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and
Diaspora has been drawn to a video and pictures being circulated on the
purported killing of black immigrants in Libya. While the authenticity of the
pictures and tapes in question cannot be verified, it is a known fact that
Libya has been executing alleged black illegal immigrants for years.
As the Chairman Committee on Diaspora in the House of
Representatives in the Seventh Assembly, we intervened in the case of 24 Nigerians
about to be killed in Libya. The Committee, in collaboration with SERAP, an
NGO, petitioned the UN, AU, ECOWAS, and Ghadaffi yielded to pressure and
released them. As at two months ago, NEMA alongside, the Nigerian Embassy in
Libya evacuated over 2000 Nigerians from Libya. The Nigerian embassy in Libya,
working with NEMA has relentlessly intervened in cases involving Nigerians in
trouble in Libya and will continue to do so. Libyans are dealing with their own
struggles as there is no recognised government in place.
The office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Foreign Affairs and Diaspora hereby appeals again to Nigerian migrants to avoid
Libya as penalty for illegal migration to Libya, when caught, is usually a
death sentence. Signed. Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa SSA to the President on Foreign
Affairs and Diaspora
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