{"id":31660,"date":"2021-05-09T17:03:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T16:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=31660"},"modified":"2021-05-09T17:03:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T16:03:58","slug":"we-are-not-in-support-of-payment-of-ransom-to-bandits-says-acf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/09\/we-are-not-in-support-of-payment-of-ransom-to-bandits-says-acf\/","title":{"rendered":"We are not in support of payment of ransom to bandits, says ACF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has disclosed that it is against the payment of ransom to bandits to secure the release of abducted persons.<\/p>\n<p>The forum however further revealed that it is in support of negotiating with bandits.<\/p>\n<p>This position was made by the national publicity secretary of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Emmanuel Yawe\u00a0in Kaduna on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The forum also thanked\u00a0Nigerians who risked their lives in the negotiating process to free those held hostages by bandits.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/12\/school-official-all-abducted-afaka-students-are-females\/\">students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation<\/a><\/strong>, Afaka, Kaduna state were on Friday reunited with their families.<\/p>\n<p>The students were abducted when gunmen attacked their school on March 12.<\/p>\n<p>Although 39 of them were kidnapped during the attack, 10 were earlier released while the remaining students regained their freedom on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the development, the ACF said: \u201cWe thank God for saving their lives and rejoice with their families both immediate and extended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur only regret is that millions of naira were alleged to have been paid to the bandits before they granted freedom to the kidnapped students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ACF appealed to the bandits holding other innocent people to set them free without further delay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever may be the grievances of the kidnappers against society, spilling innocent blood will not be a solution,\u201d the ACF said.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had also recently said <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/06\/obasanjo-speaks-on-abduction-says-buhari-and-jonathan-paid-ransom-but-denied-it\/\">the payment of ransom to bandits is \u201cnot the way out<\/a><\/strong>\u201d, adding that the practice encourages kidnappings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has disclosed that it is against the payment of ransom to bandits to secure the release of abducted persons. 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