2025-01-04
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The 5th Floor.
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The 5th Floor.
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I'm your host, Farak Amidi.
Just a few years ago, the town of Annam in southern Nigeria was known for all the wrong reasons.
High levels of crime and knife and gun violence.
But not anymore.
You know why?
Because of these women.
I don't know what.
Yeah, yeah.
They are known as Umu Ada.
There is a video of them on the BBC Igbo's social media pages.
They look like your regular grannies, no offense to grannies.
They are wearing traditional clothes and carrying around their kitchen spoons.
But don't be fooled by their appearance.