{"id":14416,"date":"2012-09-09T04:01:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T02:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/niger-denies-it-has-said-gaddafi-son-can-leave\/"},"modified":"2012-09-09T04:01:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T02:01:30","slug":"niger-denies-it-has-said-gaddafi-son-can-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/niger-denies-it-has-said-gaddafi-son-can-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger denies it has said Gaddafi son can leave"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

NIAMEY, Sept 8<\/span> (Reuters) – Niger on Saturday denied reports
\nit had agreed to allow Saadi Gaddafi, one of the sons of the
\nlate Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, to leave the West African
\ncountry where he has been under house arrest after fleeing Libya
\nlast year.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

His lawyer, Nick Kaufman, had earlier told France 24
\ntelevision that Niger had agreed to let his client leave the
\ncountry and that he had lodged a number of asylum claims with
\nother countries.<\/p>\n

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The 39-year-old businessman and former professional
\nfootballer is not wanted by the International Criminal Court but
\nis wanted by Libya which wants to try him for allegedly
\nmisappropriating properties via force and for alleged armed
\nintimidation when he headed the Libyan Football Federation.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

At Libya’s request, Interpol last year issued a “red notice”
\nrequesting its member states arrest and extradite Gaddafi – but
\nNiger has cited various reasons for not extraditing him.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Kaufman, his lawyer, had told France 24 that it was “no
\nsecret” that Niger had agreed to allow Gaddafi to leave. Without
\nciting sources, the channel said South Africa was one of the
\ncountries considering his application.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

But Marou Amadou, a spokesman for the Niger government, told
\nReuters by phone on Saturday that no decision to allow Gaddafi
\nto leave had been taken.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“We never made a decision like this and I have no idea where
\nthis lawyer came up with this,” he said.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Clayson Monyela, a spokesman for South Africa’s Department
\nof International Relations and Cooperation, also denied that his
\ncountry had received an asylum application from Gaddafi.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“We don’t have such a request,” he said, adding that rumours
\nGaddafi had entered South Africa or was on his way there were
\n“absolutely not true”.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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