The demonstrators protested against the barbaric selling and buying of Nigerians in Libya. Entertainer and activist, Charles Oputa, popularly called Charly Boy, led a group of demonstrators to the Libyan embassy in Abuja to protest against the slave trade going on in Libya on Thursday, November 30, 2017.The leader of the “Our Mumu Don Do” group said their protest was against the barbaric selling and buying of Nigerians in Libya who are being reportedly sold for around N145,000 ($400).Leader of the “Concerned Nigerians” group, Deji Adeyanju, was also present at the protest. On Tuesday, November 28, 242 deportees returned to Nigeria from Libya after a CNN investigation uncovered the dehumanising abuse migrants are subjected to.How the modern slave trade works in LibyaLibya has been a hotbed for illegal migrants for years now as it serves as the transit hub to the Mediterranean which connects to Europe.
