I became interested in kidnapping in 1998, following what some Nigerian boys were doing in East Africa and South Africa. What hurt me then is that young Nigerian guys in East Africa and South Africa were engaging in behaviours they ordinarily would not have, had there been opportunities in Nigeria. Then I thought that as South African, SA, government arrested deported them, they would introduce the kidnapping in Nigeria.
....Then I got wind of two White boys leaving Washington DC to go and understudy kidnapping in Nigeria at the behest of the Nigerian government. I called them to get involved, to share my data, and to see what they have themselves. Their publicist won't let me near them. I screamed on the Nigerian listserves and chat forums for people to get interested, and maybe we can do something about it. Not even one person signalled interest.
Well, suffice it to say that I'm interested in kidnapping in Nigeria as a classic example of how failure to head off problem, makes it worse with deleterious consequences; I'm also interested from human misery aspect of it as kidnapping tends to unleash torrents of misery in all directions--the victim, relatives, people in the immediate environment---what unemployment can do. Had the government made unemployment a priority, Nigerians won't even know how to spell kidnapping.
I have been looking into this kidnapping thing for some time and it is a very complex industry. It has scouts, snatchers, prison wardens, cooks, community mollifiers, and even little children as lookouts. The kingpin who finances the whole thing is in most cases someone that would pass as a fine gentleman of the community. Most of them live in Abuja, where they buy up properties with money obtained from the sordid crime.
The kingpin decides who to snatch. Scouts are positioned wherever the intended victim goes, armed with cell phones to give real time information about the whereabouts of the victim. Teams of snatchers fan out, ready to pounce once the word is received that the victim is here or there.
They usually strike within 15 mins after the information is obtained. Assuming this was happenning in the community or on a township street, the snatchers arrive fire shots into the air to scatter the people around.
They quickly establish a no-go perimeter around the location where the victim is. Tough heartless killers approach the victim and will shoot anyone trying to foil their attempt. The victim is taken unharmed and whisked away.
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