Vanguard
By Ozioruva Aliu
On June 11, 2021, when 16-year-old Senior Secondary School, SSS 2 student, Deborah (not real name) of a government secondary school in Benin, Edo State, left school and boarded a cab to her house on the outskirts of town, she never imagined that the journey would take months.
With two other young girls and a male passenger inside the cab, there was no indication of danger. But as the journey progressed and the cab driver began to take unfamiliar routes, Deborah raised the alarm.
The stern look on the male passenger’s face was enough to tell her that something was wrong.
Then came the big warning from the driver: “If you shout, we will kill you.”
