This article by learned Senior Advocate, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, discusses the case of Abanobi v The State, in which a 98 year old woman was kidnapped and kept in the boot of a vehicle by the Appellant and co-accused, examines the elements of the offence of kidnapping and its proof beyond reasonable doubt, while making suggestions to Government on what steps that must be taken to curb this evil, which has become a commercial venture in Nigeria