SAN FRANCISCO, October 09, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has condemned the attack on a Nigerian burnt to death in Tripoli, over an alleged crime.
The yet to be identified Nigerian, was allegedly killed by three Libyans at a factory in Tripoli neighborhood of Tajoura, where African migrants were working.
It was also gathered that three other migrants suffered burns and were rushed to a nearby hospital.
Chief of Mission, International Organization for Migration in Libya, Federico Soda, who confirmed the killing tweeted, “we are horrified by the killing of a Nigerian migrant worker in Tripoli, Libya by three men yesterday. The young man was burned alive, in yet again another senseless crime against migrants in the country. Those responsible must be held to account.”
In a statement by, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa condemned “the killing of the Nigerian who was set ablaze by three men”
The statement titled ‘Migrant Attack: NIDCOM boss Condemns Burning of a Nigerian in Tripoli, Lyba”, was signed by NIDCOM’s Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocol Unit, Gabriel Odu.
The statement described the act as dastardly, bestial and unacceptable.
Dabiri called on the Libyan Authorities to apply the full weight of the law on the suspected Killers.
Meanwhile, a statement by the Libyan Interior Ministry has condemned the act insisting that it is a new wave of violence on migrants in North Africa. “In the meantime, the full identity of the Nigerian man set on fire by petrol has not been made known as investigations and interrogations of the suspected attackers who are in custody are ongoing”, the statement added.
