Frustrated Nigerians 'flee' abroad in punishing pre-election brain drain

A man looks on from his car in the midst of several vehicles seeking to buy petrol at a station in Abuja, Nigeria Februray 15, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nnamdi Nwaogu, a 44-year-old IT worker, has packed his bags. In Lagos, Nigeria's frenetic commercial capital, galloping inflation and a plunging naira have pummeled his salary.

Nwaogu, like hundreds of other Nigerians, left amid a brain drain that is punishing even for a nation used to losing its young and educated.