FG Provides Emergency Lines For ‘Stranded’ Nigerians In Libya

The Federal Government has provided emergency numbers and email addresses for Nigerians who may need assistance in Libya.

Dr. Tope Elias-Fatile, spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who made this known, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the numbers are available for those who may wish to contact the nation’s mission in Tripoli.

Elias-Fatile said the numbers are available 24 hours to render assistance to any Nigerian in need.

The numbers are, +218910144487, +218925099384 and +218917953365.

The email addresses for contacting the Embassy or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja are: [email protected] and [email protected].

This is coming weeks after reports about alleged migrant slave markets in Libya came to the fore.

Journalists working for CNN discovered several such slave markets in the country’s interior, proving what experts had feared for a long time: hundreds of African refugees and migrants passing through the country are being bought and sold in modern-day slave markets.

According to reports, the trade works by preying on the tens of thousands of vulnerable people who risk everything to get to Libya’s coast and then across the Mediterranean into Europe – a route that’s been described as the deadliest route on earth.

Libya is the main gateway for people attempting to reach Europe by sea, with more than 150,000 people making the crossing in each of the past three years.