Abike Dabiri - Nigerians should avoid Libya

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