Gaddafi son Saadi flees to Niger, but no asylum yet
AP | Sep 13, 2011, 07.22AM IST
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NIAMEY, NIGER: A convoy carrying ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son al-Saadi has crossed into neighbouring Niger, a spokesman for Niger's government said on Sunday, one of the highest-profile former regime figure to flee to the landlocked African nation.
Al-Saadi , the fugitive ruler's 37-year-old son, entered Niger in a convoy with nine other people, said Niger justice minister Amadou Morou . The vehicles were travelling south toward the outpost of Agadez, where other fleeing Libyan loyalists are believed to be holed up in a hotel.
"I wish to announce that one of Gaddafi's sons - al-Saadi Gaddafi - was intercepted in the north of Niger by a patrol of the Nigerien military," Morou said. He said al-Saadi "has no status at all" in Niger, indicating that he has not been granted refugee status, which would guarantees him certain rights. Since last week, several convoys carrying senior officials of the former Libyan regime have made their way across the porous desert border into Niger.
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NIAMEY, NIGER: A convoy carrying ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son al-Saadi has crossed into neighbouring Niger, a spokesman for Niger's government said on Sunday, one of the highest-profile former regime figure to flee to the landlocked African nation.
Al-Saadi , the fugitive ruler's 37-year-old son, entered Niger in a convoy with nine other people, said Niger justice minister Amadou Morou . The vehicles were travelling south toward the outpost of Agadez, where other fleeing Libyan loyalists are believed to be holed up in a hotel.
"I wish to announce that one of Gaddafi's sons - al-Saadi Gaddafi - was intercepted in the north of Niger by a patrol of the Nigerien military," Morou said. He said al-Saadi "has no status at all" in Niger, indicating that he has not been granted refugee status, which would guarantees him certain rights. Since last week, several convoys carrying senior officials of the former Libyan regime have made their way across the porous desert border into Niger.
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