The business of abductions in Nigeria, by Kazeem Akintunde The trend of abductions and kidnapping for ransom as a big business in Nigeria is worrying and should be declared a national disaster. The planned, well-coordinated criminal enterprise is growing, with a large number of people providing different services to feed the ‘supply chain’. There are the snitches, who provide information on soft targets. They monitor the movement of those who have been marked for abduction and give the information to those that would execute the plan. The ‘execution squad’ carry out the...