but we ve agreed to withhold his identity wherever they are. i want to tell them there is no hiding place for a blackmailer in nigeria. this civil defence officer walks with the team of activists who pose online as lgbt dates, turning the tables on the blackmailers. once the target has agreed to meet the activists, call on the civil defence unit to arrest the suspect. today, i mjoining one of the operations. this maroon car is the one that the victim is in and then the security officers are in a different cars. it s my hope that we can get to see an actual arrest of a key tourist and how it turns out. the suspect and the bait head into the mall. he s fallen straight into the trap. positioned outside in the blue vehicle is a civil defence unit ready to pounce. while today s operation might have ended in success for the unit, lgbt people across nigeria have told me
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called a bankruptcy sale so the company has filed for bankruptcy, it s running a 363 process, which basically means the company has a stalking horse bidder, so the company has agreed to acquire vice for $225 million, which is quite haircut compared you re watching bbc news. members of the lgbt community in nigeria have told the bbc about becoming targets for criminal gangs on dating apps, a crime known as kito. nigeria has some of the strictest anti homosexuality laws in africa, with victims falling into the traps of blackmailers who gain their trust by posing online as lgbt people only to extort them. bbc africa eye gained exclusive access into a civil defence unit hunting down suspected blackmailers. ian wafula reports from lagos. this is a covert operation on the hunt to catch a criminal.
with a team of activists who pose online as lgbt dates, turning the tables on the blackmailers. once the target has agreed to meet the activists, call on the civil defence unit to arrest the suspect. today, i mjoining one of the operations. this maroon car is the one that the victim is in. and then, the security officers are in a different cars. it s my hope that we can get to see an actual arrest of a kito rist, and how it turns out. the suspect and the bait head into the mall. he s fallen straight into the trap. positioned outside in the blue vehicle is a civil defence unit ready to pounce. while today s operation might have ended in success for the unit, lgbt people across nigeria have told me that despite these efforts, they are still feeling unsafe. the police did not respond to the bbc s request for comment.
In the past few months, there have been series of attacks and campaigns of calumny against Chief Timipre Sylva in the media, falsely accusing him of all sorts of misdemeanour, including falsification of certificate and defamation. A careful analysis of all the publications reveal an orchestrated attempt by some disgruntled elements and known blackmailers to