Saadi Gaddafi, a son of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has arrived in Niger, an official said Sunday, as Libyan fighters tried to stamp out the last pockets of the former leader’s loyalists.
The son was accompanied by eight ex-Libyan officials, “of minor importance compared to Saadi,” said Niger’s Justice Minister, Marou Amadou.
“As usual, Niger accepted them on (a) humanitarian basis,” he said.
Muammar Gaddafi’s wife, two sons and other relatives fled recently to Algeria, which also said it had acted on humanitarian grounds by accepting them.
Earlier this month, Saadi Gaddafi told CNN he was “a little bit outside” of Bani Walid, southeast of Tripoli, but had been moving around.
He said then he had not seen his father or brother, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, for two months.
He said he is “neutral” and not on his father’s side or that of the rebels, but remains “ready to help negotiate a cease-fire.”
The whereabouts of the ousted Libyan leader are not known.
Meanwhile, Muammar Gaddafi’s former spy chief, Bouzaid Dorda, has been arrested in Tripoli, Adel al-Zintani, a spokesman for the National Transitional Council, told CNN late Sunday.