Nigeria: How Intelligence, Technology, VCRU Are Closing in On Auchi-Okene Kidnappers
[Vanguard] For years, the Auchi-Okene-Abuja highway and its surrounding communities have carried a reputation that no Nigerian traveller would wish to associate with a journey home: the fear of being watched, followed, and intercepted by men who know the roads, the settlements, and the forests better than almost anyone. For criminal gangs operating around such corridors, geography has traditionally been an advantage. They know the shortcuts, the bush paths, and the places where a vehicle can disappear from sight