The Nigerian Government has condemned the killing of a Nigerian migrant worker in Tripoli, Libya. Reacting in a statement on Thursday, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, condemned the act. We call 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 was a new wave of violence on migrants in North Africa. The United Nations has also described the killing of the Nigerian man as “another senseless crime against migrants in the country".

Source: The North Africa Journal October 08, 2020 20:48 UTC