{"id":998,"date":"2021-02-20T19:03:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T19:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=998"},"modified":"2021-02-20T19:03:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T19:03:20","slug":"kagara-abduction-simi-reacts-to-alleged-ransom-paid-to-bandits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2021\/02\/20\/kagara-abduction-simi-reacts-to-alleged-ransom-paid-to-bandits\/","title":{"rendered":"Kagara Abduction: Simi reacts to alleged ransom paid to bandits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simisola Kosoko, popularly called Simi, a popular Nigerian singer-songwriter, has reacted to the news on the alleged ransom paid to bandits by the Federal government.<\/p>\n

Reports making the rounds suggest that a huge sum was paid to secure the release of the abducted students and staff members of the Government Science College, Kagara who were kidnapped<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In a tweet to her 3.3million followers on Saturday, the Duduke singer<\/a> said,<\/p>\n

\u201cPaying off people that are preying on the innocent, but the majority of the people languishing in poverty have to settle for crumbs that are not even getting to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Paying off people that are preying on the innocent, but the majority of the people languishing in poverty have to settle for crumbs that are not even getting to them.<\/p>\n

— Simi (@SympLySimi) February 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n