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Boxer and boxing promoter, Bash Ali, is trapped in Tripoli, Libya, a country that has been witnessing political problems in the past one week.

The Libyans are protesting against the 41-year rule of their leader Muammar Gaddafi and the high rate of corruption, poverty and unemployment in the country.

Over 1,000 people have been reported killed in the country in the past few days and sadly enough Bash Ali has been caught in the uprising in the country.

In an email sent to our correspondent, the boxer revealed that he travelled to Libya to meet with Gaddafi for the sponsorship of his proposed historic bout that has not been on the card for the past six years.

When our correspondent spoke with him on the telephone, Ali said he travelled to the troubled country because help was not forthcoming in Nigeria for the fight.

He said, “I am in trouble here and I only hope and pray I will be out of here to tell my story. I hear gunshots in my hotel room and it is terrible that I find myself in this situation.

“I have personally complained about this matter to President Goodluck Jonathan, Olusegun Obasanjo, David Mark, Dimeji Bankole, Tony Anenih, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, the (retd), Ibrahim Babangida, and the Inspector-General of Police.

“For now, I am stuck in my hotel room, waiting to die. I can hear gunshots around me. I have not eaten in a couple of days but I am not hungry.”

Ali said he was in touch with the Nigerian Consulate General in Tripoli on how to be evacuated.

“I spoke with the Consulate General and he has promised to help me get out of here alive.

“I am worried but praying I get out alive.”

Only on Wednesday, the Federal Executive Council directed the minister of Foreigh Affairs, Odein Ajumogobia, to expedite action on the directive of President Jonathan to evacuate stranded Nigerians in Benghazi and Tripoli.

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