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From people smuggler to football club owner
8:00 AM,
September 17, 2017
Abiodun Ogundairo
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Bashir Ama was a people smuggler in Agadez, a desert city in Niger known until recently as the people-smuggling capital of Africa. But conditions have changed, and Bashir Ama has opted to fund a football team instead.
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