Libyan returnee recounts ordeal as Ajimobi receives 11 Oyo indigenes

A returnee from Libya, of Oyo state origin, simply known as Oluwatobi, recounted his ordeal, at state Secretariat, Ibadan, as Governor Abiola Ajimobi received 11 Libyan returnees of Oyo state indigenes on Monday.

Oluwatobi, who spoke on behalf of 16 others, comprising six females and 10 males, decried that many parents in Nigeria were being lied to about the whereabouts of their children or wards or ripped of cash whereas those children had died on their journey to Europe through the desert.

According to Oluwatobi, an Accountancy graduate, many of them subscribed to going to Europe due to their inability to get a job in Nigeria.

While noting collaborations between Nigerians and some Arabs on the continued export of Nigerians through Libya, Oluwatobi said he parted with N430, 000 under the guise that their journey to Europe by land would be easier.

“We were told that the journey to Europe will be easier by land and I paid a woman N430, 000. My journey through Sahara desert was tedious. About 50 persons are packed into a Hilux vehicle. Throughout the journey, many faint and others die.

By Yakubu Salisu, Kano