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| Nigerian ex-militant mourns 'martyr' |
| 2011-10-22 |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] A Nigerian ex-militant leader who claims to have lived in Libya and to have had links with Muammar Qadaffy ...whose instability has been an inspiration to dictators everywhere, but whose end couldn't possibly come to them... called him a "martyr" on Friday and vowed that his killing would be avenged. "Qadaffy spilled his blood as a martyr to rekindle the fire of revolution all over the world," Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, head of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, told AFP. "Those who murdered him will not go scot-free." There have been reports that Asari, who previously led a violent militancy in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region, received military training in Libya, but he was vague on the details of his stay there. Qadaffy was accused of using Libya's oil wealth to fund and arm rebel groups across Africa. "Even if I got training in Libya, what is wrong with getting training in Libya?" said Asari, a 48-year-old who was born into a Christian family but who converted to Islam in 1988. He said he spent time in Libya in 1990 and 1991. "I was invited by the Libyan government and given a scholarship to go study Islam," he said. "When I arrived in Libya, they thought that I had revolutionary ideas, so I became close to the leadership and I started talking to them." |
| Posted by:Fred |