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By FRANCIS
OGBONNA
The Libyan government, in reaction to recent
outcry trailing the alleged slave market in Libya, has officially said his
country should not be blamed.
The Charge d’Affaires/Ambassador-Designate of
Libya to Nigeria, Dr Attia Alkhoder, who described the criticisms simply as “a fierce
media campaign against his government”, accused enemies of the North African
country as sponsoring the campaign of calumny.
Speaking to the media, the envoy said “the
claim followed media assumption carried out by the Cable News Network (CNN)
channel of America and political comments follow it.” Recall that there were
media reports last week about Nigerians being sold off in Libya at a paltry sum
of $400.
The development generated public outcry, with
the Charly Boy-led group, OurMumuDonDo, occupying the Libyan Embassy located
within the Asokoro district of Abuja on Thursday.
But Alkhoder said “It seems barraging in
relation to smuggling them to their destination (Europe) as immigrants not as
slaves. The barraging is about the cost of transporting them to Europe, not
capture their freedom in order to savage them.”
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