Ijogbon (2023)
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”A group of rural Nigerian teenagers find a bag of diamonds, attracting dangerous attention.”
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Four teenagers from a rural village in South West Nigeria stumble upon a pouch of uncut diamonds but before long, others come looking for the bounty.
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