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FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2005 file photo of Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the son of Moammar Gaddafi. The rebel commander in Tripoli says Muammar Gaddafi's son Al-Saadi has called him to negotiate the terms of his own surrender. (AP)
The justice minister of Niger said Gaddafi's son Saadi had been intercepted in a convoy after crossing the frontier, heading in the direction of the oasis town of Agadez. Two of Gaddafi's other sons, Mohamed and Hannibal, and his only daughter Aisha have already obtained shelter in Algeria.
Three sons remain at large, Mutassim and Khamis, who both run elite military units, and Saif Al-Islam, Gaddafi's one-time heir apparent who, like his father, is wanted for war crimes by the international court in the Hague. One son, Saif Al-Arab, was reported killed during the war.
Asked what Saadi Gaddafi's status in the country was, Justice Minister Marou Adamou said only that Niger would fulfil its humanitarian obligations. Washington and others have put pressure on neighbouring states not to shelter Gaddafi or officials wanted for crimes.
The NTC, based for months in the eastern city of Benghazi, faces the difficult task of winning the support of all Libyans, including fighters from towns and cities in the west who did the bulk of the fighting in the rapid advance on Tripoli.
The interim government also has to deliver on promises to quickly restart an economy frozen by international sanctions, the halt in oil production and an exodus of foreign workers.
Inside Tripoli, Reuters reporters saw Bouzaid Dorda, a former prime minister who ran Gaddafi's external spy service, held by a group of about 20 fighters in a house in Zenata district. A fighter said he would be handed over to the interim authorities later on Sunday.
A lanky figure in safari jacket and slip-on shoes, Dorda was sitting on a sofa and was not physically restrained, but an armed guard sat beside him. He declined a request for an interview, but in response to an assertion by a fighter that he had killed people, he replied: "Prove it."
"I am innocent until proven guilty. I am willing to be referred to the Libyan prosecutor general," he said. Visibly agitated, he added: "You have to remember it was a regime already in existence."
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