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One night in early July 2020, some men raided the house of Frank Onieni, 34, in the Agudama-Epie community of South-South Nigeria. Startled, frightened, and confused, while these unidentified people scaled the fence into his compound, Onieni dived from a story building, attempting to save his life. Two years later, he flashed back to the […]
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Residents of communities in Ogbia, an area in Bayelsa, South-South Nigeria, say there have been notable reductions in the rate of kidnapping for ransom since HumAngle published a report a year ago exposing a pattern in the crime. In an investigation released on Sept. 16, 2022, HumAngle shed light on the impact the series of […]
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One evening in 2013, as Dauglas Augusta Apaga, 59, was preparing to close her shop at the Ogbia Town market, kidnappers dressed in military camouflage emerged from the nearby Nembe/Ogbia-Town River. Brawny and armed with sophisticated weapons, they dragged Augusta, who was now weeping, to their boat. All other traders could do was watch helplessly […]
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