Libya Slave Trade: Charly Boy leads protest to Foreign Affairs ministry in handcuffs
By OakTV
05 December 2017 |
11:11 am
Veteran musician Charles Oputa, aka Charly Boy, on Monday, led a protest against the reported slave trade going on in Libya, where Nigerians are said to be among the thousands of victims.
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