Popular lawyer reveals why Nigerians seek greener pastures in Libya

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- A lawyer and philanthropist Wole Olanipekun said Nigerian leaders are responsible for the youths migrating to foreign countries

- Olanipekun said many of them who are unemployed after graduation think that greener pasture is the only way out

- He noted that the leaders have failed to take care of their youths by creating tomorrow for them

A lawyer and philanthropist Wole Olanipekun has blamed Nigerian leaders for the alleged slavery of citizens seeking greener pastures in other countries such as Libya.

Daily Sun reports that Olanipekun said the leadership failure in Nigeria has made youths frustrated.

The senior lawyer made this known in Ikere-Ekiti at the weekend when the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi commissioned the newly built Hall of Fame at the Palace of Ogoga, Oba Adejimi Adu Alagbado.

He said the slavery in Libya and other countries will continue unabated if the government fails to identify and empathise with the unemployment youths.

According to him, ''When I was in the university of Lagos in the 70’s, I had over six offers as a fresh graduate who had not attended the law school.

''But today, nobody sympathised or empathised with the youths, they were abandoned in their own fates.

''After graduation, no unemployment, nobody attends to them and they thought they have to take the tortuous , winding and dangerous routes to where the greener pasture is.

''And most of us who are successful are not helping matters, we are wicked. We don’t tell the government the truth . What is in Libya that our youths are going for? This is a shame on all of us.

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''Libya has just been rescued from a major crisis, they have no human rights protection mechanism, no freedom, because they have always been in military dictatorship.

''The main reason why we are not faring better is that government is muzzling the private sector. They didn’t allow it to grow.

''But let me say this, if Nigeria fails to take care of its youths by creating tomorrow for them, we are inadvertently planting a revolution and threat for the future.’’

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana said Nigerian victims of slavery have no court to sue Libya for the violation of their rights.

Falana said this is due to the fact that FG has not accepted the jurisdiction of the African Court, the only court that has jurisdiction to hear their case.

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