AS fighting intensified in Libya between the National Transitional
Council (NTC) forces and soldiers loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi,
three Nigerians accused of fighting for the ousted Libyan leader were
reported killed by forces of the NTC at the weekend near Sirte, his home
town.
According to Hamada Radio International monitored in Kaduna on
Monday, those killed were Ugochukwu Okafor, aged 33; Emeka Aloysius
Mohammed, 33 and Braimoh Robinson Garba, 30.
The Nigerian Union in Libya, the report said, had alleged that the
Nigerian government abandoned its consular responsibility to stranded
Nigerians in Libya.
“Some of the Nigerians were shown on a British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC) programme, presented by Zainab Bedawi, over the
weekend. Despite the recognition given the NTC by President Jonathan,
Nigerians and other black Africans were subject of attacks by the rebel
forces.
“An NTC source said the hostility against Nigerians might not be
unconnected with the belief that Gaddafi’s followers were sheltered in
Kano and some northern Nigerian cities.
“The most recent case was the arrival of family members of the former
Libyan Ambassador to Nigeria, the late Mohammed Sherrefedeen, who held
both Libyan and Nigerian nationalities and was a fluent Hausa speaker.
“He served as Gaddafi’s Ambassador in 1980. Along with General Yussef
Dbiri, whose mother was from Nguru, Yobe State, and General Khaled
Haoussawe, from Kano,” the report said.
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