{"id":10074,"date":"2021-03-18T12:22:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=10074"},"modified":"2021-03-18T12:22:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:22:53","slug":"governor-masari-why-kidnappers-prefer-nigeria-to-mali-and-other-african-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/18\/governor-masari-why-kidnappers-prefer-nigeria-to-mali-and-other-african-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Masari: Why kidnappers prefer Nigeria to Mali and other African countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Executive Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari has revealed why kidnappers prefer carrying out their activities in Nigeria and not in Mali and other countries in the Sahelian region.<\/p>\n<p>The Katsina State Governor who also doubles as the Chairman of the North-West Governors\u2019 Forum also\u00a0stressed that Nigeria is economically attractive to kidnappers in the Sahel region of Africa.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Katsina state governor,\u00a0these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/14\/two-suspected-kidnappers-die-after-firefight-with-police-in-abuja\/\">kidnappers<\/a> have been targeting people in Nigeria because of the country\u2019s resources.<\/p>\n<p>He said;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cLook at 2015 for instance, you cannot go to the church, you cannot go to the mosque. If I travel from Kaduna to Abuja, it will take five hours and three of those hours are for checkpoints. There are at least 30 checkpoints along the highway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs the situation the same today? It is not. Yes, there are kidnappers, there are bandits around but look at the whole world and look at the position of Nigeria in the Sahelian region. Are we not the richest? So, the attraction even for kidnappers to come to Nigeria is there. If you kidnap somebody in Mali, where are you going to get thousands? If I kidnap you in Nigeria, I get millions. So, all of us will have to rise to the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we started in 2015 in the North-West, it was cattle-rustling. Gradually, it now developed into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/14\/banditry-gandujes-ex-aide-yakasai-accuses-buhari-of-issuing-conflicting-ultimatums\/\">banditry<\/a>, rape, kidnappings. When all that the bandits can steal from the villagers along the fringes finished, they moved to the rustling of goats, sheep, and even chicken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my state, the bandits kidnapped four relatives of very senior government officials. When they cannot get anything to sustain themselves, they resort to high-profile kidnappings for money in cities and towns. That is something we must work hard to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Executive Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari has revealed why kidnappers prefer carrying out their activities in Nigeria and not in Mali and other countries in the Sahelian region. 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