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After landing at Lagos international airport, Palin is immediately thrown nto the crowded chaos of the country's biggest city. There, he visits the vast lum of Makoko as well as the
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After landing at Lagos international airport, Palin is immediately thrown nto the crowded chaos of the country's biggest city. There, he visits the vast lum of Makoko as well as the luxury sars of Lekki in the city's southeast.
Later in the episode, he's accompanied by security guards as he ravels 500 miles north to the city of stanfords Cano, home to terrorist group Boko laram, where he's invited to meet evered Islamic leader the Emir of Cano at his royal palace. 'I also visited the coastal town of 'He laid on a festival called a durbar, Badagry and the beach known as vith horsemen, dancers and hundreds "The Point of No Return", which was of people dressed in wonderful, once a slave port.
As well as visiting Nigeria's new capital, Abuja, Palin meets Amina Ali Nkeki, one of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. In an emotional interview, she tells Palin her
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As well as visiting Nigeria's new capital, Abuja, Palin meets Amina Ali Nkeki, one of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014. In an emotional interview, she tells Palin her harrowing story and how she was forced to marry one of her captors before finally being reunited with her mother after a traumatic escape. In the end, Amina had a child, but they both managed to escape. She's 25 and at college now. No one knows where the husband is, but her little girl came to the interview. She was rushing around and I thought, "Gosh, what you've been through to produce a child of such energy and vitality is amazing." 'What also really surprised me is that Amina didn't seem sorry for herself, nor did she seem to cast blame. There isn't a great deal of bitterness
In the final leg of his journey, Palin is on edge as he travels south to the historic Benin City and his vehicle has to take a diversion through an area known for bandit attacks.
When
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In the final leg of his journey, Palin is on edge as he travels south to the historic Benin City and his vehicle has to take a diversion through an area known for bandit attacks.
When he gets to Benin City, he learns how British forces attacked and burnt down the city in 1897. He also joins a service at one of Nigeria's Pentecostal megachurches, witnesses the terrible effects of oil pollution on the local river systems, and gets stuck on a muddy road...
'Most of the infrastructure in the country wasn't working terribly well and nobody seemed to do a great deal about it, says Palin. 'We actually lost one of our vans at one point, because it got stuck and we didn't really have proper towing equipment.
'My lasting impression of Nigeria is that it's a place with enormous human energy that's not being channelled in the right direction. Nearly everyone we spoke to talked about the problem with corruption. The government gets huge finances from their booming oil industry, but that money isn't
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