I won't pay ransom even if my son is kidnapped - Nigerian governor

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-rufai, has hinted that no ransom will be paid to any bandits even if his son is kidnapped.

El-Rufai made this known during an interview on Friday, April 9, 2021.

“I mean it and I will say it again here. Even if my son is kidnapped, I will rather pray for him to make heaven instead because I won’t pay any ransom,” he said.

He also noted that his government will not pay ransom to secure the release of the students kidnapped by bandits from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Kaduna.

Although will deploy other means to ensure the students are delivered safely to their families.

Recall that in earlier reports, El-Rufai during a town hall meeting organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture, indicated that bandits must be wiped out completely because they have lost the right to life.

“These bandits have lost their right to life under our constitution and must be wiped out in their entirety. There is no other way to approach the current insurgency situation today as far as governmental action is concerned.

“The bandits are at war with Nigeria and there is no other way to approach the current insurgency but for security forces to take the war to the bandits and recover forests where they are occupying.

“The security agencies mostly react to cases of banditry and abduction, we are in a war with these terrorists challenging the sovereignty of the Nigerian state.

“Our security forces must collaborate to take the war to the bandits and terrorists, recover and restore the forest to enable our law-abiding citizens to engage in legitimate farming and livestock production.”