Folarin Philips Banigbe

Kidnapping in the Niger Delta has been an ongoing phenomenon since around 2008. Starting from the kidnapping of expatriate oil workers by the militants, the scourge of kidnapping had progressively unraveled till it has now become so common place that anyone potentially is a target for the assortment of kidnapping groups that have since plagued the region.

The book is a memoir recording the stories of the author’s experiences when he was kidnapped on the 1st of May 2016 from his home in Port Harcourt in very interesting circumstances, he wrote about his experience in captivity, and his feelings and thoughts about the event, the gang, the community where he was held, and the impact of this negative influence upon the society at large.