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Based on a true story. Paul is 70 years old when he is kidnapped at gunpoint in Nigeria.

4 Extra Debut. 70-year-old Paul is kidnapped at gunpoint whilst travelling from the UK to Nigeria to bury his sister. Starring Nonzo Anozie.

Based on a true story:  

70 year old Paul had a dream in London where his sister, Evelyn, asked him to take her back to Agbor, their town of birth.  

The next morning, he received a call saying his sister had died in Lagos. Paul, a religious man, knew what he had to do.

Paul, and his niece Carol arrive in Lagos and are travelling along the Benin Bypass when the car is ambushed by masked armed men. 

They are dragged out of the car and taken into the bush and held to ransom.  

Written by Janice Okoh.

Paul ...... Nonzo Anozie
Carol/Evelyn ...... Joan Iyiola 
Chinedu/Sunny ...... Peter Bankole 
Deborah ...... Susan Aderin
Ovo ...... Seun Shote 
Franklyn ...... Adam Courting

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2019.

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