Fleeing Gaddafi forces, officials stray into Northern Nigeria

Members and security forces of the regime of the ousted Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, may have crossed over to some parts of Northern Nigeria.

The Spanish-owned Hamada Radio International reported on Friday that the Libyans were fleeing from French Special Forces Foreign Legion and their British counterparts.

The report said that some members of the old Libyan regime were heading towards Burkina Faso.

According to the staion, the Libyans entered Nigeria on Thursday night when their convoy of trucks missed their way and headed towards the North-West town of Katsina.

There was a series of security co-coordinating conferences between Nigeria and Niger on how to check a spill-over of the Libyan crisis into the region, especially with the new wave of trans-border crossing by prominent Gaddafi loyalists, including Gen. Houssa Daw, the head of his presidential guard unit.

The report added that some members of the Libyan military, such as the head of Gaddafi’s security service, Gen. Youssef Dbiri, had maintained close family ties with Northern Nigeria.

Dbiri, the report claimed, had his maternal roots in Nguru, Yobe State in North-East Nigeria.

The report said, “According to security service sources in Niger Republic, the fragile ceasefire between the Touareg rebels and Niamey will be tested in the coming weeks if attempts are made to give outright support to the Special Forces from France, UK, USA and Jordan in the Gaddafi hunt.

‘‘Another fear is the solidarity and sympathy, which the fleeing Gaddafi supporters might get from Southern Niger, in the Maradi-Damagaran area, and the outer fringes of Northern Nigeria where al-Qaeda affiliated Boko Haram is lately seen as potent forces,” the report added.

The station further claimed that its sources had stated that more than 200 Nigerians were arrested in Libya by the Transitional National Council, while about 20 of them were executed last week for allegedly working for Gaddafi as mercenaries.
THE PUNCH

Posted: at 10-09-2011 11:01 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

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Posted: at 10-09-2011 08:38 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

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Posted: at 10-09-2011 09:44 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

They are welcome.....

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Posted: at 10-09-2011 11:06 PM (12 years ago) | Hero

this is incredible!! After what they did to ppl ova there,nigerians stil hv the mind to accept him into the country..grting more boko haram

Posted: at 11-09-2011 12:25 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

1derful... 1derful, if boko haram, Al-Qaeda, and Gadhafi forces combine and live here in 9ja is no probs @ all, as far de don't interfare wit us regarded as Southern Nigerias, de are free 2 stay but if fight burst de shd alwayz rememba 2 destroy their side only and leave us d southerns in peace.....

Posted: at 11-09-2011 12:54 AM (12 years ago) | Newbie

The same forces who have been killing Nigerians in Libya?

Posted: at 11-09-2011 05:12 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Okay

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Posted: at 11-09-2011 08:32 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

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Posted: at 11-09-2011 09:42 AM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

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Posted: at 11-09-2011 11:13 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming