Gaddafi’s son, Saadi, loyalists ready to surrender - NTC

A senior National Transitional Council (NTC) official in Libya, Abdelhakim Belhaj, said Saadi called him on phone and asked if he could surrender, Al Jazeera reported.
The football-freaked son of Gaddafi, Saadi, was banned from playing in Italy, after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone.

According to the report monitored on the pan-Arab news network, Al Jazeera reported that Saadi, in the exclusive interview with Belhaj, confessed to knowing where some of his fathers loyalists in government were, including Gaddafi himself.

Belhaj also said from the phone call, he believed he knew the whereabouts of Saadi, adding that he also believed that some senior figures of the government, such as the former prime minister, were now ready to surrender.

“Gaddafi is now fleeing and we have a good idea of where he is. We don’t have any doubt that we will catch him,” another senior NTC minister told Al Jazeera.

Before now, there had been speculation that Gaddafi was seeking refuge in Sirte, or one of his other stronghold towns of Bani Walid or Sabha.

Al Jazeera’s corres-pondent in Tripoli, who spoke with Belhaj said: “We asked him (Belhaj) about the military situ-ation, remaining members of the Gaddafi family, and he said that he believes one of Gaddafi’s sons, Saadi, is preparing to surrender.”

According to Belhaj, Saadi doesn’t want to leave Libya, but wants to talk to the national council and negotiate his surrender.

The International Criminal Court (ICC), Hague, The Netherland, has already approved warrants for the arrest of Gaddafi, his son Seif al-Islam, and Libyan intelligence chief, Abdu-llah al-Senussi, on charges of crimes against humanity.

The ICC prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said he might also apply for an arrest warrant for Khamis, who unconfirmed reports indicated had been killed by NATO forces.(Nigerian Tribune)