Former Senator, Shehu Sani on Saturday mentioned kidnapping has change into a really profitable enterprise in Northern Nigeria.
The previous lawmaker and Civil Rights Activist was reacting to contemporary mass abductions in communities of Kajuru, Chikun, Birnin-Gwari, Giwa and Igabi Native Authorities Councils of Kaduna State by terrorists.
Reviews mentioned, about 280 college kids have been a part of these kidnapped by terrorists on Thursday.
The goal of faculty kids by terrorists, in accordance with Shehu Sani, was to evoke public sympathy and discouragement of Western training, significantly within the Northern area that was nonetheless lagging behind educationally.
He mentioned terrorists’ abduction of faculty kids was to create a local weather of panic that will compel the federal government of the day to half with large sums of cash.
However the ugly incident, the previous lawmaker mentioned, information confirmed that incidences of abductions within the present administration have been decrease in comparison with the rapid previous administration of Muhammadu Buhari.
In a put up on his verified X deal with on Saturday which was obtained by reporter in Abuja, he wrote::
“The Kidnapping of College Kids by terrorists in Northern Nigeria is a profitable enterprise.
“They use it to blackmail the Authorities for large cost of ransom. They know that it’s going to evoke public sympathy for the Pupils and stress will probably be mounted on the federal government to bow to their calls for.
“Many mother and father in rural areas are actually afraid of permitting their kids to go to high school. This can be a major problem for primary training in Northern Nigeria.
“Although this tragic incident occurred, there’s a vital drop within the prevalence of such assaults on colleges in comparison with its frequency underneath the final administration.”
