Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was sold out to his captorsby a Libyan nomad who said he was hired to help Muammar Gaddafi's son escape to neighbouring Niger for 1-million euros.
Gaddafi, wanted for prosecution by the International Criminal Court, was captured at the weekend in what one official in the country's new government said was "the final chapter in Libya's drama".
Yussef Saleh al-Hotmani said he contacted revolutionary fighters in Libya's south to tell them when Gaddafi's two-car convoy would be passing through the area on Friday night.
"I made Saif believe I trusted him," he said in Zintan, where Gaddafi is being held at a secret location while details of his prosecution are finalised.
On the night of Gaddafi's capture, Hotmani said he was travelling with the bodyguard of the dead dictator's son in the first car of their convoy.
"I had agreed with the fighters that the best place for the ambush would be in a part of the desert surrounded by high ground," he said.
"When we arrived at the dark, deep hollow the gunfire was very precise; it took only about half a minute to capture the first car," he said.
"When the second car arrived, we started to shoot very precisely, to damage the vehicle so he could not escape."
Saif al-Islam jumped out of the car and tried to run but was captured, said Hotmani. "We treated him as a prisoner of war."
- The International Criminal Court said yesterday that Gaddafi might be tried in Libya and not in The Hague, meaning he faces the death penalty if convicted.
ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said that Gaddafi could be tried in Libya provided the trial complied with The Hague court's standards.
