Tactics and Targets
A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2001 report on Nigeria described the impact of the gang members as such:
The coercive and persuasive requests, petty crimes and sometimes violent offences by the so-called "area boys" to acquire resources, generally cash in the urban main business and crowded areas, have disturbed the civil society and defied the civic authority. Drug abuse among them has been variously reported as the cause of delinquent behaviour and crime.
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