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Nigerians swimming in the ocean of sorrow in Libya

The pains were much; the sufferings seemed endless, and tears flowed like a river. When every efforts to make things better proved futile, they hollered. The hollering was loud, but when listened to closely, one cannot tell its contrast with a sorrowful wail. The insincerity of our leaders, and the state of nature our country found itself, blinded their eyes to their future and hardened their hearts not to wait on their potentials. Hence, they were moved by hope that was like a mustard seed, to do whatever it takes to get to that land, where deceptive mouths attested to the milk and honey flowing there, but forgetting to tell them that the milk and honey had already soured.




They wanted to be out of the country as soon as possible. They could no longer tolerate the mess in the country. They wanted to fly to that country where many had assured that it is better there. They didn't even mind if the country was better than their homeland or not. They just wanted to be out of Nigeria. Their dream was to runaway from their homeland and deny it. Because since their country had subjected them to suffering, they had to look for another country that will relieve them of their burdens.  They knew also that since they cannot afford proper documentation to fly to that country where things could get better, the journey will not be an easy one since they would have to travel through illegal means. They were warned prior to their journey about the horrors of the journey. But they paid deaf ears to warnings. They just wanted to get out of Nigeria! And they gave human traffickers the opportunity to prey on their desperateness and impatience. Excited they were when they left Nigeria, but their sorrow began when they were in the middle of the journey. A point of no going back. What would one expect from a journey of four months; many of them were disposed like chickens on the river, while many were left to rot in the desert. 



Those that were able to make it to Libya found themselves in another worst problem. Many of them fell into wrong hands of sex traffickers and many of them were arrested by the state police. Currently, many Nigeria citizens are victims of torture, incessant rape, organ harvesting, and forced labour.




Due to what Nigerians are passing through in libya, phloxsweet enjoins the Nigerian government not to relent in negotiating with the Libyan government to bring back the Nigerians still suffering there. And phloxsweet also enjoins people around the world to pray for Nigerians still treated as slaves in Libya, so that God will be with them. Please include that in your prayers this week.

















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