Migrant Attack: NIDCOM Boss Condemns Burning of a Nigerian in Tripoli, Libya

The Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has condemned in strong terms the killing of a Nigerian, setting him ablaze by three men allegedly all Libyan Nationals who stormed a factory.

NIDCOM boss in  statement issued by head, Media, Public Relations and Protocol Unit, Gabriel Odu described the act as dastardly, beastial and unacceptable. She 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. The United Nations has also condemned the senseless killing.

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 on going.