Opinion
Group urges Tinubu to stop resurgence of kidnapping, banditry
Prominent non governmental organization, NGO, the Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria, MMWG, has called on President Bola Tinubu to urgently address the resurgence and abduction of citizens for ransome by criminals operating across the country.
Reacting to the recent ugly incident affected Mansur Al-Kadriyyah in Abuja where a whole family was abducted, the group maintained that it is mind buggling that the eldest daughter of the family – a 400 Level student of a Nigerian university, Najeebah was killed over the weekend leaving the balance of five victims in terrible danger of extermination by the kidnappers.
MMWG, in a statement released on Monday in Abuja and signed by its National Coordinator, Malam Ibrahim Abdullahi, called for immediate onslaught against the criminals, pointing out that the trend portends great dangers not only to the family of the victims, but to entire Nigerians and the nation’s economic development.
The group stated that “innocent lives of all Nigerians continued to be at he risk of criminals due to inefficient and ineffective performance of Nigerian security system”, adding that the time was long overdue to put a halt to the menace.
Still referring to the Al-Kadriyyah family, it commended the former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami whose friend has donated a sum of N50 million for the release of the victims of the kidnapping and called for intensive prayers for Almighty Allah to touch the hearts of the kidnappers to release the innocent victims without any further delay, now that the ransome has been provided by patriotic and well-meaning Nigerians.
The group also commended the Ilorin Emirate Descendants’ Progressive Union, IEDPU for its financial and material contributions in finding solutions to early release of the kidnapped victims, urging them not to relent their efforts.
On the decision of federal government not to pay ransome for kidnapped victims, it said such a policy could only work where security systems are working; pointing out that “as long as security architecture failed to produce the required security in Nigeria, victims of such attacks would continue to free their loved ones with ransome payment.”
The group appealed to the affected Al-Kadriyyah family based in Ilorin and all over the country that the balance of their beloved ones under captivity would be released now that the ransome has been provided, and called on them to put their trust in Almighty Allah that this hard times will soon be over in their lives.
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