CAPITAL OF KIDNAPPING ; NIGERIA

Nigeria has become one of the kidnapping capital in the world, the rate at which people are being kidnapped in Nigeria on daily basis is so alarming that it has affected the country in all aspects, from foreign investors not wanting to come to Nigeria even those already in the system are rounding up their businesses out of the fear of being kidnapped.

This has no doubt affected good governance in the country; I have not seen any form of distraction that is greater than this and it affecting the present administration.

Kidnapping started in the southern part of the country as a means to get the attention of the government to degradation of people in the Niger-Delta area of the country but unfortunately it has gone beyond that today, as it is now seen as a means of making money by demanding ransom from families of the victim of kidnap, it is also used for political reasons to mention a few. 

What are the factors encouraging kidnapping in Nigeria?

Failure of the government to provide basic amenities for the citizen is the number one factor, as we can see it was because of this that kidnapping started in the Niger Delta making militant a profession. Unemployment is another,one millions of youths graduates yearly without jobs, the use of unemployed youths as political thugs by our politicians is a major contributor, they most time share guns to them to carry out these duties and these guns are never retrieved from them. Our security system is nothing to write home about.

The National Assembly (House of Representatives) has put forward a new law prescribing a life jail term for anybody found guilty of kidnapping and abduction of any kind, ten years for anyone abetting the crime.

Edo state government under the leadership of Comrade Adams Oshiomole has signed a bill into law amending the kidnapping law 2009 as amended by the state house of assembly which now prescribes death penalty for anyone who is involved in any form of kidnapping.

We hope other states that are yet to pass kidnapping law will do so at the earliest possible time maybe this will deter people from engaging in kidnap.

We appeal to the government to put the citizens first, by so doing crime rates will reduce drastically in our country.

NIGERIA MY COUNTRY!!!

Thank you.

Oyenike Alliyu-Adebiyi Llb(hons)Bl