Two Nigerians Allegedly  Die In Libya of Food Poison 

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Nigerians who were simply known as Collins and Osas have been reported dead in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, as they were said to have died of food poisoning.

According to available information, the victims were staying in the Misrata part of the country and had travelled to Tripoli on July 20 with a friend whose identity is yet to be known.

Sources stated that the unknown friend, after staying some days in Tripoli, told his friends to return with him to Misrata.

They, however, allegedly declined because they intend to stay in Tripoli for a long.

One of the sources and a relative of the late Collins, while speaking to The Punch, stated that the friend was said to have left the duo and returned alone to Misrata.

According to him, he later got a call that Collins and Osas had died after allegedly being poisoned.

“We were told that the three of them lived in Misrata and that they all went to a place called Oshofana in Tripoli to have fun.  This was July 20. Although Collins and Osas were not familiar with the place, it was their first time there. They said it is a place where they run different kinds of deals.

“So, after spending four days there, the friend whom they followed to the place said he was about to return to Misrata, but Collins and Osas said they were still going to stay behind. Then, he left them there and went back. It was about two days later that he claimed to have received a call that his two colleagues had died of what was suspected to be food poisoning,” the source narrated.

Another source based in Libya also disclosed that the incident had sparked controversy because the account of the friend who returned home raised a lot of suspicion.

“Given the nature of what we all know Oshofana to be, the narration of the person they followed to the place raises suspicion. That was what he told us because no one went with them. But some of our colleagues here are not satisfied with his explanation, and they are following up with the ongoing investigation to determine the cause of their death,” the source disclosed.

The source further disclosed that the deceased friends had since been buried in the country.

When contacted on Sunday, the spokesperson for the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Adulrahman Balogun, stated that he was not aware of the development.

Balaogun said, “I am not aware of the incident. Their families can write a petition to us as a commission, and we will work on it.”

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