A Nigerian man named Kelvin from Edo state who is in his mid-thirties has narrated how his wife was raped and taken away by Libyans on their way to Tripoli. The returnee who was among the recent Edo state indigenes who were airlifted back to Nigeria over the weekend with the help of the International Organization for Migration(IOM) in collaboration with the Edo state government.

Kelvin, while narrating his ordeal to our reporter refused to tell us his complete names nor allow his photo to be in print. However, he was moved to tears when he was recounting his travails in Libya most especially the demise of his loved wife of 3 years. According to him, he has been in Libya for the past 6 years and he has been living in Misurata, a northwestern city of about 187 km east of Tripoli. He said him and his wife had already made up their mind to return to Nigeria when it dawned on them that their life was at stake following the renewed tension in the country as a result of the infamous migrants slave trade saga.

The incident happened while on their way to Tripoli to join other Nigerians who were already camped in a government facility while waiting for the flight that will take them to Nigeria. According to him, the driver whom he arranged with to take him and his wife to Tripoli was the one who arranged with three other Libyans to attack them. He said they left Misurata for Tripoli in a Nissan premier car and about 10 kilometers into the journey, the driver told them that he wants to pick up something from his brother that was how he veered from the main road and took them to an old building where three guys came out from the building and bundled him and his wife inside. Kelvin said he was beaten mercilessly and tied to a pole while the wife was brutally assaulted before his naked eyes. The Libyan men threatened to kill him when they are done with his wife. At night, he said they took his wife away and he was left alone in the dark. He said one of the men later came back and untied him and ask him to run away because his colleagues are coming to kill him.

The Nigerian returnee said that he didn’t even bother to ask about the whereabouts of his wife from the guy because he had the instincts that she has been murdered. He said he passed the night inside the bush in a very cold temperature and at the break of the day he was able to find his way to Tripoli through an elderly man who drives a truck.

There has been a widespread report about the slave trade in the North African country where migrants were been sold to local farmers and many others brutally killed. The Libya’s U.N.-backed government has said that it is probing the allegation. President Buhari stated that “The situation in Libya, of people being sold into slavery, is appalling and unacceptable. We will do everything to protect our citizens wherever they are”

Over 70 percent of the returnees are from Edo state and the state government’s hand is also on deck to reintegrate them back into the system. Skills and acquisition centers have been established in Benin city for those for those who wish to learn a trade and those who want to go back to school the government is also willing to assist the person. They are entitled to a monthly stipend from the state government Which is reported to be N20,000.




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Very sad. Benin people everywhere

Why this kind of news are always from Edo State, something must be wrong with that state , meanwhile, whenever a man decides to outrun his shadow, this is the kind of mess he would always find himself. Let learn to content with what we have.

What a sad tale. Let's hold our looters responsible so they can give us our own backyard Europe una no go gree. Sarrki will soon defend a failing leader soon.

Take heart

Igbos are bringing shame to Nigeria via their developmental and infrastructural programmes in Asia, the Benins are fulfilling their ancestral destiny in Libya, Italy, Spain etc.

Front page please

should I feel sorri 4 him or wat ? edo again it seems all d Libyans returnees are frm edo,only God will hep dis people, I will neva take dis people serious until dey change frm dere ways.

diasporaman:
Igbos are bringing shame to Nigeria via their developmental and infrastructural programmes in Asia, the Benins are fulfilling their ancestral destiny in Libya, Italy, Spain etc.

Igbos rightly say they obviously contributed much in developing some 9ja major cities especially Lagos. I don't think they ever claimed developing Malaysia

But wetin una dey find go libya

Libya is cursed. Nothing good can ever come from the people who blatantly stoned Apostle Stephen to death.
They are suffering the sins of their forefathers