Delta–Edo’s Deadly Highway: Between Kidnappers and Vigilantes

Delta–Edo’s Deadly Highway: Between Kidnappers and Vigilantes

An invitation to a wedding ceremony in Lokoja set one traveller on a perilous road. He had been asked to represent the father of the bride, his maternal uncle, who was too ill to travel. The traditional rites had already been concluded in Anambra State, southeastern Nigeria, but the church ceremony in Lokoja in the North Central region required family presence. The request came with both anticipation and dread. The irony was not lost on him: he …