African does not have the fire power. Gaddafi invested more in his military than almost any other African leader the most expensive parts were bombed by a 3 days!!

Vengeance in Tripoli:

Rebels settle scores in Libyan capital

UN urges restraint as the rebels wreak their revenge on 'loyalists'

By Kim Sengupta in Tripoli


The Libyan rebels have been meting out brutal treatment to sub-Saharan Africans in Tripoli, suspecting that they are Gaddafi loyalists

Reuters

The Libyan rebels have been meting out brutal treatment to sub-Saharan Africans in Tripoli, suspecting that they are Gaddafi loyalists

 

The killings were pitiless.

They had taken place at a makeshift hospital, in a tent marked clearly with the symbols of the Islamic Crescent. Some of the dead were on stretchers, attached to intravenous drips. Some were on the back of an ambulance that had been shot at. A few were on the ground, seemingly attempting to crawl to safety when the bullets came.

Around 30 men lay decomposing in the heat. Many of them had their hands tied behind their back, either with plastic handcuffs or ropes. One had a scarf stuffed into his mouth. Almost all of the victims were black men. Their bodies had been dumped near the scene of two of the fierce battles between rebel and regime forces









"Come and see. These are blacks, Africans, hired by Gaddafi, mercenaries," shouted Ahmed Bin Sabri, lifting the tent flap to show the body of one dead patient, his grey T-shirt stained dark red with blood, the saline pipe running into his arm black with flies. Why had an injured man receiving treatment been executed? Mr Sabri, more a camp follower than a fighter, shrugged. It was seemingly incomprehensible to him that anything wrong had been done.

The corpses were on the grass verges of two large roundabouts between Bab al-Aziziyah, Muammar Gaddafi's compound stormed by the revolutionaries at the weekend and Abu Salim, a loyalist district which saw three days of ferocious violence.

The United Nations issued an urgent call for restraint by both sides in the bloody and bitter endgame to the civil war yesterday. But the thirst for vengeance has been difficult to control, to which the morgues, hospitals and the urban killings fields of the Libyan capital bore testimony.

The dire warning in Col Gaddafi's latest broadcast that the population of Tripoli would be persecuted by the revolutionaries and women would be violated in their homes is unsubstantiated, as are similar claims by his official apologist, Moussa Ibrahim.

It is also the case that the regime has repeatedly unleashed appalling violence on its own people. But the mounting number of deaths of men from sub-Saharan Africa at the hands of the rebels – lynchings in many cases – raises disturbing questions about the opposition administration, the Transitional National Council (TNC) taking over as Libya's government, and about Western backing for it.

The atrocities have apparently not been confined to Tripoli: Amnesty International has reported similar violence in the coastal town of Zawiyah, much of it against men from sub-Saharan Africa who, it has been claimed, were migrant workers.

The Independent understands that the suspected atrocities by rebel fighters have been raised with members of the TNC in recent days by British officials, who made clear their "concern" at the reports coming out of Tripoli and the expectation in London that anyone suspected of war crimes will face trial. The Foreign Office underlined that the apparent executions of pro-Gaddafi soldiers were as yet unverified.

A spokesman said: "We are aware of reports, but have no means of verifying them. We condemn all human rights abuses. The TNC leadership has made clear the need to avoid violence and reprisals and has repeatedly said that anyone found guilty of crimes will be held to account. We have emphasised the importance of this in our conversations with them. This is in stark contrast to Gaddafi, who continues to launch indiscriminate and violent attacks on the Libyan people."

But, for some on the ground in Tripoli, a different view has taken hold. Since the start of the uprising last February the opposition has tried to portray the conflict as waged by patriotic Libyans against the dictator's foreign hired guns. A few of the tales took fanciful turns, such as that about the crack team of female snipers, either Serbian or Colombian, depending on the version. But it was black males, very often migrant workers, who paid the lethal price after being accused of being mercenaries.

Only a few of the dead found at the roundabouts yesterday were in uniform. However, regime forces have often worn civilian clothes during combat in Tripoli. The street-fighting for Abu Salim was particularly fierce with regime snipers taking a steady toll among the ranks of al-Shabaab volunteer fighters. The losses, and frustration at the continuing stubborn resistance by the enemy after an entry into the capital greeted with celebration by residents, has led to something approaching fury among some of the revolutionaries in the last few days.

"They were shooting at us and that is the reason they were killed," said Mushab Abdullah, a 35-year-old rebel fighter from Misrata, pointing at the bodies. "It had been really tough at Abu Salim, because these mercenaries know that, without Gaddafi to protect them, they are in big trouble. That is why they were fighting so hard."

His companion, Mohammed Tariq Muthar, counted them off on the fingers of his hand: "We have found mercenaries from [size=15pt]Chad, Niger, Mali and Ghana,[/size] all with guns. And they took action against us."

But, if the men had been killed in action, why did they have their hands tied behind their back? "Maybe they were injured, and they had to be brought to this hospital and the handcuffs were to stop them from attacking. And then something went wrong," suggested Mr Abdullah.

Ethnic Libyan "collaborators", too, have been the subject of the punitive attention of the revolutionaries. The prison at Abu Salim, a place of fear where 1,200 prisoners were slaughtered by the regime in 1996, had its doors flung open by the revolutionaries on Thursday, letting 4,000 inmates free. Now there is talk of using the complex for captured Gaddafi troops.

Meanwhile, Ahmed Safar Warfalla was being held in a temporary "cell", a locked room at a school in the suburb of Tajoura. Mr Warfalla has been accused of spreading Gaddafi propaganda. Three Chadian "mercenaries" kept at the same place had already been transferred to jail and the local militia was considering what to do with him.

"They accuse me of a crime, but this is what I did," said Mr Warfalla taking out a copy of the Koran from his pocket and pointing it to the sky. "Allah and Libya," he shouted. "They have Nato technology? This is Arab, Muslim technology. We shall not be defeated."

After a brief consultation, the militia decided to let Mr Warfalla go. "What is the point of keeping him; the man is mad!" said Adussalem Mohammed Ashur. "If it was me and I was a prisoner of Gaddafi then I would not have come out so easily. People have disappeared for saying things."

Amnesty International stated yesterday that it had uncovered evidence that regime forces had killed detainees held at two camps in Tripoli. One of the attacks took place at a military camp in Khilit al-Ferjan where 160 detainees attempted to get away after the guards told them that the gates were unlocked. "As the detainees barged through the hangar gates, two other guards opened fire and threw five hand grenades at the group," said the human rights group in a report. Twenty-three of the prisoners managed to make good their escape and were able to receive treatment at a Tripoli hospital.

Meanwhile, RAF Tornado GR4 warplanes fired Cruise missiles at a bunker in Sirte, Col Gaddafi's hometown which is continuing to stave off rebel attacks. Ahmed Bani, a military spokesman for the TNC, said "Maybe this will help. Maybe the mercenaries there will run away. This will

Those are not mercenaries but, idiots that decided to stay. Some legitimately had a chance ot leave but, preferred to stay and plan a trip to Europe! Now the Rebels have got them!

http://indepthafrica.com/news/northafrica/libya-rebels-promised-france-35-oil/

meanwhile France gets 35 percent of Libya's oil! What does Nigeria get??


A lower population!!!

Vengeance in Tripoli:

Rebels settle scores in Libyan capital

UN urges restraint as the rebels wreak their revenge on 'loyalists'
By Kim Sengupta in Tripoli

The Libyan rebels have been meting out brutal treatment to sub-Saharan Africans in Tripoli, suspecting that they are Gaddafi loyalists

These people are just killing and terrorising hapless Dark skinned Africans. Nah we cause their conflict?  

If your skin is Dark like a Sub Saharan African's,  this is not a good time to be in Libya

SmoothCrim:

African does not have the fire power. Gaddafi invested more in his military than almost any other African leader the most expensive parts were bombed by a 3 days!!

Very true. Although I feel he should have given the air raiders a much tougher fight, rather than sit  and watch his entire air force (which was his strongest asset) get reduced to debris. I believe if Africa has a kind of military coalition they would be able to hold their own atleast for some hours in situations like this.     AFRICA CAN'T DO SHÍT IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS! We are scared of EVERY other race on the planet. recent stats shows that Africa is the most demilitarized zone in the world.

The more I see pictures of blacks with their hands tied behind their backs and shot execution stlye, the more angry i grow at libyans. Im sickt and tired of every body putting the black race down. Every race looks at us as inferior. Meanwhile if provided the right upportunity we exell more than others. And then fellow blacks will come on NL and start fighting each other because of thier tribe of ethnic background.  As long as you are black we are all the same to the rest of the world. Oyimbo man no sabi d diffrence betwwen IBO and Hausa, all na money to am.

[b]Come and see. These are blacks, Africans, hired by Gaddafi, mercenaries," shouted Ahmed Bin Sabri,

lifting the tent flap to show the body of one dead patient, his grey T-shirt stained dark red with blood, the saline pipe running into his arm black with flies.

Why had an injured man receiving treatment been executed? Mr Sabri, more a camp follower than a fighter, shrugged.
It was seemingly incomprehensible to him that anything wrong had been done.[/b]

This is just too sad. Too sad. When will Dark skinned Africans unite to fight this?

Where is the Ghaddaffi Bottom licking AU now?

Litmus:

Vengeance in Tripoli:

Rebels settle scores in Libyan capital

UN urges restraint as the rebels wreak their revenge on 'loyalists'

By Kim Sengupta in Tripoli


The Libyan rebels have been meting out brutal treatment to sub-Saharan Africans in Tripoli, suspecting that they are Gaddafi loyalists

Reuters

The Libyan rebels have been meting out brutal treatment to sub-Saharan Africans in Tripoli, suspecting that they are Gaddafi loyalists

 

The killings were pitiless.

They had taken place at a makeshift hospital, in a tent marked clearly with the symbols of the Islamic Crescent. Some of the dead were on stretchers, attached to intravenous drips. Some were on the back of an ambulance that had been shot at. A few were on the ground, seemingly attempting to crawl to safety when the bullets came.

Around 30 men lay decomposing in the heat. Many of them had their hands tied behind their back, either with plastic handcuffs or ropes. One had a scarf stuffed into his mouth. Almost all of the victims were black men. Their bodies had been dumped near the scene of two of the fierce battles between rebel and regime forces









"Come and see. These are blacks, Africans, hired by Gaddafi, mercenaries," shouted Ahmed Bin Sabri, lifting the tent flap to show the body of one dead patient, his grey T-shirt stained dark red with blood, the saline pipe running into his arm black with flies. Why had an injured man receiving treatment been executed? Mr Sabri, more a camp follower than a fighter, shrugged. It was seemingly incomprehensible to him that anything wrong had been done.

The corpses were on the grass verges of two large roundabouts between Bab al-Aziziyah, Muammar Gaddafi's compound stormed by the revolutionaries at the weekend and Abu Salim, a loyalist district which saw three days of ferocious violence.

The United Nations issued an urgent call for restraint by both sides in the bloody and bitter endgame to the civil war yesterday. But the thirst for vengeance has been difficult to control, to which the morgues, hospitals and the urban killings fields of the Libyan capital bore testimony.

The dire warning in Col Gaddafi's latest broadcast that the population of Tripoli would be persecuted by the revolutionaries and women would be violated in their homes is unsubstantiated, as are similar claims by his official apologist, Moussa Ibrahim.

It is also the case that the regime has repeatedly unleashed appalling violence on its own people. But the mounting number of deaths of men from sub-Saharan Africa at the hands of the rebels – lynchings in many cases – raises disturbing questions about the opposition administration, the Transitional National Council (TNC) taking over as Libya's government, and about Western backing for it.

The atrocities have apparently not been confined to Tripoli: Amnesty International has reported similar violence in the coastal town of Zawiyah, much of it against men from sub-Saharan Africa who, it has been claimed, were migrant workers.

The Independent understands that the suspected atrocities by rebel fighters have been raised with members of the TNC in recent days by British officials, who made clear their "concern" at the reports coming out of Tripoli and the expectation in London that anyone suspected of war crimes will face trial. The Foreign Office underlined that the apparent executions of pro-Gaddafi soldiers were as yet unverified.

A spokesman said: "We are aware of reports, but have no means of verifying them. We condemn all human rights abuses. The TNC leadership has made clear the need to avoid violence and reprisals and has repeatedly said that anyone found guilty of crimes will be held to account. We have emphasised the importance of this in our conversations with them. This is in stark contrast to Gaddafi, who continues to launch indiscriminate and violent attacks on the Libyan people."

But, for some on the ground in Tripoli, a different view has taken hold. Since the start of the uprising last February the opposition has tried to portray the conflict as waged by patriotic Libyans against the dictator's foreign hired guns. A few of the tales took fanciful turns, such as that about the crack team of female snipers, either Serbian or Colombian, depending on the version. But it was black males, very often migrant workers, who paid the lethal price after being accused of being mercenaries.

Only a few of the dead found at the roundabouts yesterday were in uniform. However, regime forces have often worn civilian clothes during combat in Tripoli. The street-fighting for Abu Salim was particularly fierce with regime snipers taking a steady toll among the ranks of al-Shabaab volunteer fighters. The losses, and frustration at the continuing stubborn resistance by the enemy after an entry into the capital greeted with celebration by residents, has led to something approaching fury among some of the revolutionaries in the last few days.

"They were shooting at us and that is the reason they were killed," said Mushab Abdullah, a 35-year-old rebel fighter from Misrata, pointing at the bodies. "It had been really tough at Abu Salim, because these mercenaries know that, without Gaddafi to protect them, they are in big trouble. That is why they were fighting so hard."

His companion, Mohammed Tariq Muthar, counted them off on the fingers of his hand: "We have found mercenaries from [size=15pt]Chad, Niger, Mali and Ghana,[/size] all with guns. And they took action against us."

But, if the men had been killed in action, why did they have their hands tied behind their back? "Maybe they were injured, and they had to be brought to this hospital and the handcuffs were to stop them from attacking. And then something went wrong," suggested Mr Abdullah.

Ethnic Libyan "collaborators", too, have been the subject of the punitive attention of the revolutionaries. The prison at Abu Salim, a place of fear where 1,200 prisoners were slaughtered by the regime in 1996, had its doors flung open by the revolutionaries on Thursday, letting 4,000 inmates free. Now there is talk of using the complex for captured Gaddafi troops.

Meanwhile, Ahmed Safar Warfalla was being held in a temporary "cell", a locked room at a school in the suburb of Tajoura. Mr Warfalla has been accused of spreading Gaddafi propaganda. Three Chadian "mercenaries" kept at the same place had already been transferred to jail and the local militia was considering what to do with him.

"They accuse me of a crime, but this is what I did," said Mr Warfalla taking out a copy of the Koran from his pocket and pointing it to the sky. "Allah and Libya," he shouted. "They have Nato technology? This is Arab, Muslim technology. We shall not be defeated."

After a brief consultation, the militia decided to let Mr Warfalla go. "What is the point of keeping him; the man is mad!" said Adussalem Mohammed Ashur. "If it was me and I was a prisoner of Gaddafi then I would not have come out so easily. People have disappeared for saying things."

Amnesty International stated yesterday that it had uncovered evidence that regime forces had killed detainees held at two camps in Tripoli. One of the attacks took place at a military camp in Khilit al-Ferjan where 160 detainees attempted to get away after the guards told them that the gates were unlocked. "As the detainees barged through the hangar gates, two other guards opened fire and threw five hand grenades at the group," said the human rights group in a report. Twenty-three of the prisoners managed to make good their escape and were able to receive treatment at a Tripoli hospital.

Meanwhile, RAF Tornado GR4 warplanes fired Cruise missiles at a bunker in Sirte, Col Gaddafi's hometown which is continuing to stave off rebel attacks. Ahmed Bani, a military spokesman for the TNC, said "Maybe this will help. Maybe the mercenaries there will run away. This will

Serves those punks well, Nigerians never learn, leave these Arabs alone, don't live in their countries,

kabukabu:

Serves those punks well, Nigerians never learn, leave these Arabs alone, don't live in their countries,

Its natural human behaviour to seek our better oputunities for themselves and their familys. Even Ameriacan travel to go and work in libya because of better pay, but because we are black we should end up bound and shot like comon dogs right? How can you say it serves us right?

More Nigerians caught by the Rebels!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUlOWduAbIo&feature=player_embedded#!

How absurd, the concept that Nigerians would voluntarily go to Libya to fight. We cant even stand up for our own rights, what more the rights of another man. They are just killing innocent Nigerians who went there for work, 419, and acess to Europe not fight as mecinareis.

That is what makes these guys idiots,

They are Not Nigerians

These guys??



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUlOWduAbIo&feature=player_embedded#!

He said he was Nigerian and spoke English!

kabukabu:

Serves those punks well, Nigerians never learn, leave these Arabs alone, don't live in their countries,

But the same Arabs are living in your own country sir!

They are making Billions every year in Nigeria, probably right beside your fathers house!

Chagouri

Setraco

Mega plaza

C & C Construction Company Limited

Even Hitech, Eko Atlantic city and Eko Hotels are partly or wholly Arab owned.

Tell me why they can make money in Nigeria and we cannot not make money in their own region without these kind of discriminations?

We need our government to protcet our own interests with their foreign policy. Wether we are poor migrant workers or Big investors, we all bring some money back home.




NOTE: I equate these attacks on sub-Saharan Africans with similar racist sentiments against Dark skinned africans all over the middle east. As far as I'm concerned, Libyan,s especially Ghaddaffi and these rebels are Arabs and middle eastern in all ramifications despite all the fake African love ghaddafi sometimes fool gullible Africans with.

More Nigerians killed


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT2eX48gOHk&feature=player_embedded#!

Nigerian barely survives,


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNA8z5G-Xmk&feature=player_embedded#!

Litmus:

They are Not Nigerians

The guy below is a Nigerian! don't try to silence him. He deserves to be heard.





See:

Mr. GODSPOWER WILFRED (Construction Worker): No. No, I'm not fighting for anybody. Please, I'm not fighting here. I'm working in this Libya since two years and five months.

from the audio  that man's accent is totally Igbo!!


BEAUBIEN: Thirty-seven-year-old Godspower Wilfred is from Nigeria. He says he and the others have been hiding during the recent fighting and they just now come out into the streets to look for food. Wilfred says he's terrified the rebels are going to execute him.

Mr. WILFRED: I beg, I'm innocent. I don't know anything. I beg.

He said i came from Nigeria for Togo


Meaning he is returning to his homeland of Togo. The guys look Ghanians for sure.

but hope and pray they weren't killed

Are you serious?? ahhaahahhaahahha stop being a clown this is not a joke!!!

Litmus:

He said i came from Nigeria for Togo


Meaning he is returning to his homeland of Togo. The guys look Ghanians for sure.

but hope and pray they weren't killed

Are you trolling?

Are you a Nigerian or an Arab?

Did you not see other Nigerians crying for help in all these reports, audios and videos posted?

Please this is a serious issue.

I thought we evacuated Nigerians from Libya?
these Ibo people no wan sidon for one place,
the blacks killed there must be Ibo Nigerians.

Why does everything turn into tribe on this forum??

@SmoothCrim
tell your Ibo waka waka pple medon sidon for one place abeg,
must they travel to everywhere on this earth?

First of all I am not Ibo but, what is wrong with traveling! These guys were just very unlucky and got massacred for being in the worng countyr and the wrong tie!!

Fellow contry men are dying, and some ignorant fools are trying to make ethnic jokes about it. Oh no it Ibo , no it is Yoruba man. Just the way the Whites programed them to act 60yrs ago. however, many of us have evolved and see the horror in watching our fellow contry men unjustly executed. Still there are some who still carry the genes of house slaves from a long gone era. Those are the one who cant get past tribalism!

REVOLUTNIS:

@SmoothCrim
tell your Ibo waka waka pple medon sidon for one place abeg,
must they travel to everywhere on this earth?

You need to cover your face in shame if all you can read from the issue is igbo, shey na only Igbo people get dark skin for Africa?

Please focus on the issue and read posts before yours for better undestanding, ignorant Arabs don't know the difference between Kola and Kelechi.

all reasonable Nigerians and their family were evacuated
by the Nigerian  government from Libya before the massacre,
those being massacred must bn the ones that refused
the love their govt shown by coming to evacuate them
from a war zone.
AND IT MUST BE IGBO PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR BUSINESS
AND MONEY SO MUSH THAN THEIR LIFE,
  MASOB SHOULD GO AND BRING THEM BACK,

REVOLUTNIS:

all reasonable Nigerians and their family were evacuated
by the Nigerian  government from Libya

That is exactly the problem. Only so called reasonable Nigerian which translates to affluent Nigerian business men and their familes giving free ride back home on Tax payer jets, while low class Nigerians who needed the help most were left behind. Those are the one you see geting shot. isnt that the story with everything Nigeria? Judging from you comments, if you had the chance you probably would have left Nigerians behind if they were IBO

I feel for the other black Africans that their country never evacuated them when others were. But for the Nigerian i feel nothing because Nigeria was the first Africa country that moved to evacuate her citizens; i remembered we all commended the government for the swift move. so where in the hell where they when the evacuation was going on; they never voiced out now they cry out. The government shouldn't border wasting any resources. Nigerians we are so desperate without properly evaluating our actions
The NATO and US should try and appeal to the rebels not to kill anybody caught pending proper investigation.

what are those Nigerians still doing there. The FG evacuated our citizens in Libya months back. Those greedy a.s.sholes that chose to stay may they live to tell the story. Rebels will deal with the remaining Nigerians there

REVOLUTNIS:

all reasonable Nigerians and their family were evacuated
by the Nigerian  government from Libya before the massacre,
those being massacred must bn the ones that refused
the love their govt shown by coming to evacuate them
from a war zone.
AND IT MUST BE IGBO PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEIR BUSINESS
AND MONEY SO MUSH THAN THEIR LIFE,
  MASOB SHOULD GO AND BRING THEM BACK,

Stop being a DOOOFUS, shey na only 499 Nigerians + Bash ali dey Libya before?

[b]Nigerian evacuates citizens

Feb 26 2011[/b]The Federal Government has lived up to her promise by evacuating 499 of her citizens from the troubled land of Libya to Nigeria. The news was disclosed to Nigerians by the spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Yushau Shuaib. This is an agency charged with the responsibility of rescue and security of Nigerian citizens in time of trouble and calamity. Bloomberg News Agency reported the phone conversation with the spokesman Yushau Shuaib whom was quoted, "NEMA is coordinating other agencies to bring back about 2,000 Nigerians.”

Nigerian “President Goodluck Jonathan gave the directive for the evacuation on Wednesday, as the crisis in Libya worsened after days of protests. There is no official figure of Nigerians living in Libya, but the number is believed to be substantial because many Nigerians use the country as a gateway to Europe.

Among Nigerians stranded in Libya is popular boxer Bash Ali, a former International Cruiser weight champion, who went to Tripoli to seek the assistance of Libyan leader Mouammar Khadafi for his impending fight,” according to Africa Online.

A charted Jumbo jet carrying 499 citizens of Nigeria landed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 1.30 am Sunday morning. The Federal Government is also making arrangements to bring the remaining Nigerians in Libya. The problems of clearance from Tripoli and instability of the Libyan government as she experienced uprising from her citizens has become a major problem for a quick evacuation of Nigerians.

499 Nigerians evacuated from Libya

By Habib Aruna Group News Editor, Lagos


Up to 499 Nigerians stranded in Tripoli were evacuated to Abuja at 1.30 a.m. on Sunday to escape the deadly battle by Libyans seeking to get rid of Moammar Gadhafi, whose iron grip on that nation dates back four decades.

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Director General, Muhammad Sani-Sidi, led the rescue team comprising government agencies.

The exercise will continue until all the estimated 2,000 Nigerians in Libya are safely brought back home, Sani-Sidi pledged in a statement quoting him, issued by NEMA Spokesman Yushau Shuaib.

A second flight left for Libya at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Abuja has established a special camp to accommodate the returnees who will be discharged after documentation and screening.

Timloh Nkom, the representative of Foreign Affairs Minister, Odein Ajumogobia, explained that the initial problems in the operation were due to the late diplomatic clearance for the airline.

Among the evacuees are women, children, and the elderly, as well as convicts handed over to the Nigerian embassy in Tripoli.

President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the evacuation to demonstrate the government’s commitment to ensure the safety and security of Nigerian citizens at home and abroad.

http://www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=29588

Obvously they never completed the evacuation

see

[size=18pt]Libya: Nigerian envoy flees[/size]
On March 3, 2011 · In News Tweet

*Abandons 7,000 stranded Nigerians

By VICTOR AHIUMA-YOUNG

NIGERIAN Ambassador to Libya, Ambassador Isah Mohammed Aliyu, has reportedly fled the country to Malta with his family, abandoned more than 7,000 stranded Nigerians at the Tripoli airport.

This came as the embittered Nigerians accuse the government of abandoning them and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of completely showing no interest in what was happening in Libya.

They said that in a bid to prevent the world from knowing actual situation of things in the country, the Libya security agencies did not permit entry with memory cards, camera and laptops into the airport, adding that the Nigerian government should emulate other countries that value their citizens, and initiate a massive evacuation of Nigerians in Libya now.

Rights activists
Meanwhile, rights activists, under the umbrella of the Campaign for the Rights of Nigerians in Diaspora, CRND, have raised alarm that over 7,000 Nigerians were still trapped in Tripoli Airport in Libya, while many more were yet to find their way to  either the airport or other exit ports.

The group faulted the Federal Government and its Ministry of Foreign Affairs for its attitude towards Nigerians in Diaspora, especially when other countries were working day and night to evacuate their citizens from Libya.

CRND said Nigerians or relatives of Nigerians still stranded in the North African country, should reach  one Mr. Solomon Okoduwa in Libya on +218923369805 or +218917266997 for assistance.

In a statement by CRND’s Secretary, Mr. Frank Malcom, the group claimed the stranded Nigerians planned to protest yesterday to draw the attention of government to their plight.

A Nigerian woman with two kids at the Tripoli airport was quoted in the statement as crying for help from Nigerians, human rights groups to appeal to the Nigerian government to evacuate them from Libya.
She said: “I have two kids with me here, and I have been in this airport for three weeks, no food to eat, we sleep on the floor everyday waiting for plane to come and evacuate us. Please beg Nigerian government to come  with bigger planes to evacuate us.”

Another Nigerian, Mr. Solomon Okoduwa, who is the senior elder of Nigeria community in Libya, said “so far the Tripoli airport as at the time of call has recorded seven thousand Nigerians awaiting evacuation, aside those trapped in Benghazi and other states outside Tripoli. Most of them have been at the airport for several weeks; watching other countries coming with cargo planes and ships to evacuate their citizens almost every two hours, while Nigerians starve at the airport as there are no provision for food, water or place to sleep, even pregnant and nursing mothers are not excluded from the pains and suffering”.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/libya-nigerian-envoy-flees/

Some of You guys need to show more sympathy towards your own people and quit blaming poor Nigerian Migrant workers for their unfortunate predicament

They are caught between a slow government and wicked Libyans.