Niger’s government says an army patrol intercepted a convoy carrying Mr. Gadhafi’s son, Saadi, and nine other people after they crossed the desert from Libya.
Niger’s justice minister said Sunday the vehicles were traveling toward the northern city of Agadez, where other Libyan loyalists are believed to have fled, including three generals and Mr. Gadhafi’s security chief.
The justice minister said he expected the group to be transferred to the capital, Niamey, sometime this week and that Niger would fulfill its international obligations. But he said the government has no plans to arrest Saadi Gadhafi for now, as the International Criminal Court in the Hague has not issued a warrant for him.
Saadi, the highest profile member of the former Libyan government to enter Niger, had attempted to negotiate an end to the fighting in Libya with the ruling National Transitional Council late last month after its fighters swept through the capital, Tripoli. more