When every call leaves a trail: Why can’t Nigeria still find kidnappers?

On the morning of October 23, 2025, Gbolahan Olaniyi was settling into what seemed like another routine day on the farm he manages at Oke Ako Village at Ikole Local Government, Ekiti State, southwestern Nigeria. From his small office, he worked through reports from the previous day’s harvest while, outside, more than 250 hectares of maize, soybeans and cassava stretched toward the horizon. Workers moved across the fields, tractors rumbled along dusty tracks, as the harvest season was in full swi