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Content: "loyalty pyramids"
Where senior government officials are supported by a broader base of loyal junior officials. State control of resources means that those in the pyramid get the spoils, and they alone have access to wealth and influence. ( Examples include the Kaduna Mafia, Babangida's Boys, and Abacha's Boys. MEND
This stands for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta. They demand compensation for environmental damage caused by oil industry. They frequently sabotage pipelines and kidnap foreign oil workers. Kidnapping
It is a lucrative business unto itself, so MEND is not the only group taking captives. In the United States, Companies with subsidiaries in Nigeria take out kidnapping insurance and hire kidnapping consultants, to serve as advisors and negotiators for the release of victims in exchange for money. *The largest # of kidnapping cases in the world is in Mexico, but Nigeria is second. You are more likely to be killed in Mexico as a kidnap victim than in Nigeria.