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World Service,05 Nov 2012,9 mins

The Crate Escape

Witness History

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In London in 1984, a joint Nigerian-Israeli team attempted to kidnap and repatriate the exiled former Nigerian minister Umaru Dikko. Dikko, who'd fled Nigeria after a military coup, was accused of stealing $1 billion of government money. We hear from Charles David Morrow, the young British customs officer who foiled the kidnap plot. Photo: Umaru Dikko shortly after his release. BBC

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