The Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Geoffrey Onyeama, says some Nigerians in Libya have refused to come home
despite the ongoing slave trade.
Onyeama disclosed this to State
House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided by
Yemi Osinbajo.
According to him, the Federal
government is currently in talks with officials of Nigeria’s Charge D’Affairs
in Libya to repatriate more Nigerians, but that some Nigerians are unwilling to
come back home
He said, “The Federal government
currently in talks with officials of Nigeria’s Charge D’Affairs in Libya to
ascertain the number of Nigerians held up in Libya detention centers so as to
expedite action in bringing them back home.
“The charge d’affaires officials
have said a number of Nigerians, not all of them, do not want to come back
home.
“Certainly, it has to be only
those that want to come back home.”
Over 3000 Nigerians have returned
since the illicit slave trade began in Libya.
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