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Nigeria's Bakassi Boys: noble or evil?
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Nigeria's Bakassi Boys: noble or evil?
Former shoe salesmen exact their own brand of brutal justice in
West Africa
By D'ARCY DORAN Associated Press
Sunday, August 18, 2002
Onitsha, Nigeria -- Men in bandannas and dark sunglasses lean from
a speeding van in this southeastern Nigerian city, blasting sawed-
off shotguns in the air. Traders pushing loaded carts scurry. Mothers
carrying babies dart out of the way.
"We have received information of an attack by arme...
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; Nigeria's Bakassi Boys: noble or evil? Former shoe salesmen exact their own brand of brutal justice in West Africa By D'ARCY DORAN Associated Press Sunday, August 18, 2002 Onitsha, Nigeria -- Men in bandannas and dark sunglasses lean from a speeding van in this southeastern Nigerian city, blasting
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Beware the Bakassi Boys; Nigerian crime; Vigilantes v Nigerian crime.(International)(violent vigilante group called the Bakassi Boys)(Brief Article)
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; FROM a dank building known as the White House in the heart of Onitsha's market, a group of young thugs known as the Bakassi Boys hold sway over what was once southern Nigeria's most violent city.The Bakassi, wearing the black T -shirts and red bandannas of Los Angeles rap singers, are vigilantes,
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