Reno Omokri, a former aide to Goodluck Jonathan has suggested that Nigeria follow the method Israel used to fight Hamas when Israelis were kidnapped.……CONTINUE READING>>>>>>
Omokri who made this suggestion on his X account (formerly known as Twitter) said crowdfunding the payment of ransoms to bandits is never a solution but making the security situation worse in the area.
He said, “This act by Professor Isa Pantami of getting his friends to gather money for ransom to bandits is not generosity. It is attempting to cure cancer by feeding the cancer cells. Look at what Israel did when Hamas kidnapped Israelis. They are by far more prosperous than us. But they did not pay any ransom or give in to any demands.”
According to him, instead of paying ransoms or give in to the Hamas demand, Israel removed their citizens from the area where Hamas operated and then send their troops to the area and severely degraded Hamas ability to kidnap people in the future.
He said, “That is what Nigeria ought to do. Get the civilian population out of these kidnap hotspots, then send in the military to devastate every man, woman, teenager, and even animal in their dens. Only children should be spared”.
Omokri, while concluding said no criminal will ever stop if he continues to benefit from his criminality and so bandits may not stop if they continue to get ransoms from people. He said doing what he suggested would end kidnapping and banditry.……CONTINUE READING>>>>>>
