Tobore Ovuorie Explained

Tobore Ovuorie is a Nigerian journalist, health editor and senior investigative journalist with the Premium Times ^[1]

Biography

Ovuorie published her first book at the age of sixteen.^[2] She embarked on an undercover investigation titled Inside Nigeria’s Ruthless Human trafficking Mafia in 2013 which was published by Premium Times in 2014.^[3]

Ovuorie demanded $5,000,000 (about N225million) from EbonyLife films for publishing a film titled Oloture without giving her credit. She claimed that the film was a depiction of her experience in Inside Nigeria’s Ruthless Human trafficking Mafia. ^[4] The film production company owner Mo Abudu stated that the movie was a work of fiction and was inspired by a variety of true events. The statement also added that the movie Oloture was informed and developed after an in-depth consultation with several entities with diverse accounts of human and sex trafficking.^[5]

Awards

She is a recipient of the 2021 Deutsche Welle (DW) Freedom of Speech Award.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: I almost lost my life in this undercover project but I have no regret — PREMIUM TIMES' Tobore Ovuorie Premium Times Human Trafficking Investigation. 2021-11-30. en-US.
2. Web site: Tobore Ovuorie's schedule for GIJC15. 2021-11-30. gijc15.sched.com.
3. Web site: 2014-02-06. PREMIUM TIMES Human Trafficking Expose: Tobore's Diary. 2021-11-30. en-GB.
4. Web site: Adebayo. Tireni. 2020-11-13. Oloture: Journalist Tobore Ovuorie Demands N225million from Mo Abudu. 2021-12-01. Kemi Filani News. en-GB.
5. Williams. Patricia R.. Wyatt. Wendyann. Gaddis. Angela. 2018-01-31. Identification of client involvement in sex trafficking in Mississippi. Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work. 15. 2. 170–185. 10.1080/23761407.2018.1430645. 29384445 . 46768686 . 2376-1407.
6. Web site: 2021-05-04. Investigative journalist Tobore Ovuorie wins DW Freedom of Speech Award 2021. 2021-12-01. Media Career Services. en-US.