Nigeria shoot Feb 28- March 6 2003

Documentary: Adam`s Story 2
Format: DV Cam
Director: Evy Barry
Cameraman: Edward Wright
Sound recordist: William Owusu
Exec producer: Dan Korn
Production Company: 3BM Television
Broadcaster: Channel 4

Documentary following Scotland Yard detectives investigating the murder of a young boy whose mutilated body was found in the River Thames in London in September 2001. This programme is the follow up to Torso in the Thames which was broadcast to good reviews on Ch 4 Jan 03 and on which I also worked

The boy, who police have named Adam, is estimated to have been between four and seven years old and may have been subject to a West African-style `muti` ritual killing.

Forensic evidence suggests the boy had strong links with a rural area in south-western Nigeria between Benin City and Ibadan, which is a 100 mile by 50 mile corridor.

Fuel crisis in Nigeria means queues of up to 1km -
we watch gingerly as our minibus is taken to the front by the police

Visiting Yoruban chief  - from left to right: (in suit) Detective Inspector Will O`Reilly, the British Deputy High Commissioner, Evy Barry our director and Martin Brunt Sky News crime correspondent

One of our police escorts

At Oshogbo Sacred Forest 140km north of Lagos, where there are statues and shrines dedicated to different Yoruba Gods

It is possible that Adam was offered up in sacrifice to The
River Goddess pictured here

 market in Ibadan