Fisayo Soyombo made it back and out, hanging on to what he described as a battered psychological health to share his experience, like many who also survived, and they are now at the forefront of dissuading people to avoid the dangerous immigration route, which in some cases is deemed illegal.

At what point did it become okay to now opt for the use of artificially bottled smoke for our jollof rice, and what guarantees do the promoters of liquid smoke in jollof rice have that it will be the same in quality?

What unfolded in Ozoro, over the course of those hours, has since convulsed Nigeria, exposing once more the fragile and contested boundary between cultural tradition and violence against women and girls.