Libya Air Strike Is Inhuman, Callous – Buhari

  • Buhari calls for an international investigation over the incident.
  • Many Nigerians are still stranded in Libya.

President Buhari has described the bombing of a migrant camp in Libya where over 40 persons including Nigeria were killed as inhuman and a callous act.

He, therefore, called for an international investigation to bring those behind the attack on helpless and defenceless people to justice.

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“The airstrike on a migrant centre near Tripoli, Libya, is inhuman, wicked and callous. An international investigation is required; those behind this horrendous attack on helpless and defenceless people must be brought to justice,” the president said in his tweet.

It was gathered that many Nigerians were among the casualties in the incident that also left another 80 people injured after the airstrike targeted the Tajoura Detention Centre located in the east of Tripoli, the Libyan capital in the early hours of Wednesday.

According to an unconfirmed report,  about 15 Nigerians might have been involved as a headcount of nationalities took place.

Despite the repatriation efforts of the federal government of trafficked victims into Libya, many Nigerians are still stranded in many detention facilities in the North African country.

It could be recalled that the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU) have partnered the Federal Government to repatriate over 14,000 Nigerians so far since 2017 when the programme started.

This has left many Nigerians stranded in Libya and quite a number of them locked up in detention centres hoping to be called up through the IOM/EU programme.

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However, the airstrike which is yet to be claimed by any organization has claimed the lives of some of them.

Reacting to the attack, the IOM and the Office of the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees condemned the attack, saying the “appalling toll in injuries and lives” from the attack “speaks to the deep concerns, expressed repeatedly…

“This latest violence also speaks to the danger both IOM and UNHCR have warned, over returning migrants and refugees to Libya after their interception or rescue on the Mediterranean Sea.”

The body, therefore, called an immediate end to the detention of migrants and refugees.

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