Cash-for-ransom is no longer just forest bandits. Families now stage self-kidnaps to extort rich relatives.
Cattle rearers abandoned herds to "rear humans for cash." Ritualists, Yahoo boys, and allegations of security agents and royal fathers conniving - all of them feed from the same river: physical cash.
*The Hypocrisy We Must Confront*
- Nigerians say we want to end kidnapping. Yet many resist cashless transactions.
- Traders reject transfers.
- Politicians hoard cash for elections.
*Citizens complain about "cashless network issues" but happily pay N5 million ransom in cash to free loved ones*
*We cannot eat our cake and have it.*
A society that fears digital trails more than it fears kidnappers is not serious about safety.
Government is equally insincere. Instead of reviving the one policy that starved bandits, Abuja debates state police, community policing and new military hardware.
*Past Reviews*
This was the same way Nigeria refused to let go of oil and currency subsidies for several decades before Tinubu courageous removed them -daring the political consequences.
*Wonder:* For how long do we avoid the solution to cash-for-ransom activities that endangered our society?
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