This treatise is a blow-by-blow account of prevailing kidnapping
in Nigeria. It touches on human trafficking and explores Nigeria’s ranking in
the global kidnapping index, how kidnapping metamorphosed in Nigeria, the epicenter(s)
and litany of kidnapping incidents in Nigeria, payment of ransoms to secure
release of kidnapped victims, capital punishment for kidnappers, pull-factors
encouraging kidnapping in Nigeria, kidnapping dynamics in Nigeria and recommendations
on how to tackle or rein in the menace of pervasive kidnapping in Nigeria.
