The Nigerian, Paul Joseph, with seven Africa men were arrested by the rebels and taken to the local intelligence building.
Residents in Zawiya shouted "mercenaries" at them as they were driven across the city to the building. The eight men were handcuffed and looked frigthened as they sat inside the building.
Nigeria's Paul Joseph said he was a worker in Zawiya and that
he was arrested by rebels at his aprtment.
"I left my seven month old pregnant wife behind in the flat, we've been trying to get out of Zawiya but could not."
Libyan rebels and loyalist to Muammar Gaddafi have been engaged in intensive fight for the control of Zawiya on Sunday, a day after opposition forces pushed from the western mountains into the strategic city in their most dramatic advance in months. The city of 200,000 just 50 kilometers west of Tripoli attempted to rise against Gaddafi months ago, near the start of Libya''s civil war, but was crushed. Zawiya has been a key target for rebels waging a new offensive from the mountains in Libya''s far west, near Tunisia''s border.
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