From Sokoto or kano to Agadez in Niger Republic is a burning hell and deadly desert but most Nigerians beat these odds just to escape the poor living conditions and economic hardship in Nigeria.
From Agadez to Tripoli is another death trap. Some of these sojourners go as far as drinking their own urine due to burning dehydration. Here, Libyan police will often catch them and put them in jail.
Those that escape stand a 50/50 chance of survival as they journey to either Spain, Italy or Cyprus through the Mediterranean by a balloon boat the locals call Lapa lapa.
This is a life vs death venture and quite a number of people have lost their lives either in the desert or in the sea.