the conversation you have just heard might sound like two friends arranging to meet, but the reality is much more sinister. this is a covert operation on the hunt to catch a criminal. on one end of the phone a suspected blackmailer. on the other, a civil defence unit committed to catching him. it’s committed to catching him. it s his turn here. committed to catching him. it s his turn here. it says are beheaded. i his turn here. it says are beheaded. his turn here. it says are beheaded. i am a kenyan journalist beheaded. i am a kenyan journalist and beheaded. i am a kenyan journalist and i beheaded. i am a kenyan journalist and i have - beheaded. i am a kenyan - journalist and i have travelled to nigeria to investigate a form of blackmail that has become so prevalent that it has its own name kito. all of nigeria, the queer community have been targeted by blackmailers. they threatened to kidnap, beat, and extort them. in the car ahead is a civil defence unit. arme
the operation has failed. they have arrested the wrong guy. meanwhile, the blackmailer has slipped away into the night and remains at large. all of nigeria, there are countless stories of queer people being blackmailed and exhorted, sometimes for years. i want to know who is behind these crimes and the pain it is causing. the first time i had to make heard about queer people being blackmailed a friend rhys avid said one of his colleagues visiting canyoner, my home country, was had finished, beaten up, and some of his
.LGBT Nigeria. Africa Eye investigates how members of the LGBT community in Nigeria are targeted by criminal gangs who pose as potential dates on popular.