ABSTRACT
Nigeria’s economic capital city Lagos has been described by various authors as one of the most dangerous cities in Africa. This is due to the violent crime, which its residents deal with daily: car theft, property break-ins, and random muggings are commonplace. Unlike its equally notorious sub-Saharan sibling, Johannesburg, in Lagos these crimes are generally not race-related; most are purely pursued for the economic gains to be made, although politics and ethnicity are often drivers for premeditated violent break-ins.
