NIGERIA

There was a time when kidnapping in Nigeria felt distant to many a tragedy happening in remote northern forests or targeted strictly at the ultra-wealthy. Today, that illusion of safety has completely shattered. The tactical landscape of abduction has moved southward, creeping into major commercial arteries and quiet university towns.

Going on a road trip is no longer a matter of checking your vehicle’s oil; it is an exercise in faith, a calculation of survival odds, and a series of frantic phone check-ins. Major highways connecting Lagos to other places or running through the rolling hills of Ekiti and neighborhood states, have become erratic roulette wheels.

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