Again, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has insisted that his administration won’t offer ransom to kidnappers, adding that doing that would mean surrendering to criminals. However, in a statement titled, ‘Surrender to criminals is not an option- KDSG’ on Tuesday, the governor argued that the payment of ransom has not curbed criminality in the country. This has not worked and has only encouraged the criminals to press ahead for a surrender of the public treasury to them. Are people bothering with the consequences of state surrender to hoodlums, or is the continued politicization of security challenges not going to make all of us ultimately victims of the insurgents? “The fact that criminals seek to hold us by the jugular does not mean we should surrender and create an incentive for more crime.

Source: Punch April 27, 2021 15:31 UTC