I left my wife and twins behind - why this Nigerian man fled South Africa

What happened

Nigerian Richard Itoro is one of tens of thousands who have abandoned their lives in South Africa

Why it matters

The force of this story is not in the headline but in the decisions it will force across the left, wife, twins, nigerian, man landscape.

What sits behind it

The arc leading to this moment stretches across multiple prior developments in left, wife, twins, nigerian, man, as BBC has documented.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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Our take

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of left, wife, twins, nigerian, man: Nigerian Richard Itoro is one of tens of thousands who have abandoned their lives in South Africa.