AGADEZ, Sep 06, 2011 (AFP) - A large military convoy from Libya arrived in the northern Niger city of Agadez late Monday, a military source told AFP, as Tripoli's new regime confirmed the report saying there were 200 cars.
"I saw an exceptionally large and rare convoy of several dozen vehicles enter Agadez from Arlit... and go towards Niamey," the source said, amid speculation that toppled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi may be in it.
"There are persistent rumours that Kadhafi or one of his sons are travelling in the convoy," the source said.
The new leadership in Tripoli said on Tuesday that a convoy of around 200 cars had crossed from Libya into Niger, without being able to confirm if Kadhafi's entourage was aboard.
"We can confirm that around 200 cars crossed from Libya to Niger, but we can't confirm who was in this convoy," Jalal al-Gallal, spokesman for the National Transitional Council in the Libyan capital, told AFP.
He added however that "these types of convoys usually carry Kadhafi or one of his sons."
A journalist from a private radio station in Agadez said he saw "a convoy of several dozen vehicles crossing the city and heading towards Niamey", the Niger capital.
The journalist said several people reported seeing in the convoy Rhissa Ag Boula, a figurehead Tuareg rebel in Niger who is close to Kadhafi.
Another Nigerien government source earlier said prominent regime officials had fled across the border on Sunday.
They included Kadhafi's internal security chief Mansour Daw, who was earlier reported to be in the loyalist stronghold Bani Walid with at least two of the fallen strongman's sons.
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