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Uyo – The Akwa Ibom State Government has taken delivery of eight of her indigenes among the several Nigerian returnees from Libya. The returnees, who were brought back to the state through Port Harcourt airport, returned after spending a nine-month jail term each as illegal migrant. Monday Uko, the state commissioner for youth and sports, who was represented by Aniedi Dickson, the permanent secretary in the ministry, handed over the five males and three females to the deputy governor. He said that the ministry received a call to pick up its indigenes from the airport amidst other returnees from states across the country. Taking delivery of the returnees namely Isonguyo Patrick- Obot Akara, Udo Akwa- Essien Udim, Otobong Edet- Abak, Idem Monday- Ikot Ekpene, Victoria Sampson- Ikot Ekpene, Okon Mercy- Abak, Rose John- Mkpat Enin and Attah Hanson- Uyo, Moses Ekpo, the deputy governor, welcomed them and thanked God for their returning alive. Ekpo, who was represented by Nkopu...

Nigerians who returned from Libya narrated how their were treated - They said many Nigerians were getting rich from the trade - They accused the Nigerians of being worse than the Arabs Some Libya returnees have narrated sordid tales of how they were kidnapped and sold into slavery by their Nigerian counterparts, The Punch reports that 150 migrants from mostly Edo and Delta states returned from Libya on the night of Thursday, November 30. Most of the returnees narrated that they were sold by their fellow Nigerians in Libya who were getting rich from the inhuman venture. Odion Saliu who was one of the returnees said she was a hairdresser before venturing into Libya only to be kidnapped by a Nigerian and handed over to another Nigerian. She said she was forced to call her mother in Benin who was asked to pay N200,000. After the payment, she was again sold for N794, 000.