President Muhammadu Buhari in Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire,
has finally spoken on the vexed issue of allegations that hundreds of African refugees and migrants passing through Libya are 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.
Buhari who is in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire for the 5th European Union-African Union (EU-AU) Summit, assured Nigerians living in Cote d’ Ivoire, while interacting with the Nigerian community in that country Tuesday night, that those still there would be evacuated.
He also romised that his administration would do everything possible to make the country conducive to discourage youths from embarking on the journey and risking their lives.
Buhari who said fixing security as well as providing other critical infrastructure in Nigeria would also reduce the chances of people taking the risk and ending up in the Mediterranean Sea, said efforts by his administration was already yielding positive results in agriculture.
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