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90 Million women in Nigeria and none has a can of pepper spray

 Of recent in Kogi State, there have been gruesome stories of girls getting kidnapped and raped. My mum came back from curch this evening and she tells me yet another frightening story of some girl who also almost got kidnapped fortunately she was able to escape from her attacker by throwing sand in his face.

The truth is, the recent developments with kdinapping in the state scare me a lot more than I let on. I am a Journalist for Petes sake and everyday I am taking bikes to cover assignments in places that I did not know existed.

So I started to think of a way to protect myself and then I remembered pepper spray, with all the stories of rape, domestic violence and kidnapping in the country pepper sprays should be one of the most basic commodities in Nigeria.

I looked up how to make your own pepper spray on wikihow and I realised that it was something I could make from the comfort of my kitchen. And then the entrepreneur in me asked, what if you made this commercial? what if you sold this to other young women in Kogi state who are desperately in need of a self defense mechanism.

Like Mo Abudu said having a great idea is one thing but it all boils down to execution. For now i'll start by making me by own personal brand of pepper spray and I hope it gives me some sense of security.

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