A Nigerian man has narrated his ordeal while trying to cross to Germany to seek greener pastures. The man who identified himself as Izehi Solomon-Kamsi, 30, from Abia added that he paid $500 to be smuggled to Libya. “In Libya, on my way to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe, I was jailed for six months, while in Algeria, I spent two months in prison. “I suffered a lot because I spent three years in the Sahara while trying to go to Germany to seek greener pasture,” he said.
I Spent 6 Months In Libyan Jail, 2 Months In Algerian Prison While Trying To Cross To Europe, Says Nigerian Repatriated From Niger RepublicIzehi was one of the 150 stranded Nigerians repatriated from the Niger Republic by the National Emergency Management Agency.The man who identified himself as Izehi Solomon-Kamsi, 30, from Abia added that he paid $500 to be smuggled to Libya.
Izehi was one of the 150 stranded Nigerians repatriated from the Niger Republic by the National Emergency Management Agency. “The returnees were repatriated to Nigeria from Niamey under the care of the International Organisation for Migration in a voluntary repatriation programme,” a statement by NEMA quoted Abdullahi as saying.
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