Three Nigerians fighting for Gaddafi killed in Libya

THREE Nigerian immigrants allegedly fighting for ousted Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gaddafi, were reported killed by forces of the National Transition Council (NTC) at the weekend.
According to Hamada Radio International monitored in Kaduna yesterday, those killed were Ugochukwu Okafor, aged 33; Emeka Aloysius Mohammed, 33 and Braimoh Robinson Garba, 30.
The Nigerian union in Libya, the report said, has alleged that the Nigerian government had abandoned its consular responsibility on stranded Nigerians in Libya.
“Some of the Nigerians were shown on a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) programme presented by Zainab Bedawi over the weekend”, Hamada Radio stated.
“Despite the recognition given the NTC by President Goodluck Jonathan, Nigerians and other black Africans were subject of attack 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, late Mohammed Sherrefedeen, who held both Libyan and Nigerian nationality and was a fluent Hausa speaker.
“He served as Gaddafi’s Ambassador in 1980 along with Gen. Yussef Dbiri, whose mother was from Nguru, Yobe State and Gen. Khaled Haoussawe, also from Kano,” the report added.


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