Alleged Slave Trade Activities In Libya A Slap In The Face – Saraki

….As Senate Urges Buhari To Table The Matter Before Libyan Delegation At the ongoing EU-AU Summit In Abidjan

By Chibuike Nwabuko

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has described the alleged treatment of Nigerians as slaves in Libya as a slap in the face.

According to Saraki, “As a country it is a slap in the face if Nigerians can be treated in this manner. Other countries are taking necessary actions to bring back their citizens from that troubled country. We need to be doing similar things.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs must immediately summon the Libyan Ambassador here in Nigeria to explain what is happening, so that we can bring an end to this situation.”

This was disclosed in a statement signed by Senior Legislative Aide to the President of the Senate (Communications & Strategy), Oluwole Onemola sent to Sundiata Post.

Sundiata Post recalls that in a motion on the floor of the senate on Wednesday titled: “ Urgent Need to Protect Nigerian Citizens from the Libya Slavery Auctions,” which was sponsored by Senator Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai, the Senate called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to use the opportunity of the ongoing European Union and African Union (EU-AU) Summit in Abidjan to table the matter before the Libyan delegation.

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, speaking on the Motion, submitted that the Senate must urge Governments at all levels in Africa to take steps to ameliorate the economic hardship that is fueling the migration crises.

Speaking on the motion, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, said: “The time has come as a country to look into this issue.

The Nigerian Ambassador to Libya must be invited to explain why this slavery auction has been going on unabated.”

“It is high time that we resorted to citizen diplomacy in Nigeria,” said Senator Dino Melaye, adding that “The Nigerian government must not only take the life of every Nigerian seriously, it must also defend its citizens wherever they are in the world.”