The man in this picture is Malam Saidu from Faskari, Katsina State. He was forced to remove the corrugated metal roofing of his house and sell it to pay ransom money to bandits for the freedom of his son who is being held in captivity....CONTINUE READING
His adult children had earlier raised N50,000 but the bandits demanded an additional N100,000 as ransom. This desperately poor old man had no other means or sources of raising the money. As a result, he resorted to removing the corrugated metal roofing of his own house to sell it to pay the ransom money
These barbarians are callous. Just imagine this kind of inhumanity. And how do you love your enemies, especially people who don’t have the slightest compassion towards the weak and poor? Woe betides the bandits. However, it is time the government goes against terrorist financiers and stops the blame game. Nigerians are tired of these shop-worn allegations. If they don’t dare to prosecute the alleged financiers of terrorism and banditry.
How many terrorists and bandits have been in custody without trial since 2015? Instead, they are being granted the status of “repentant” terrorists, which means automatic exemption from being prosecuted for war crimes. Recently, Senator Ndume challenged the federal government to publish the names of terrorism financiers and prosecute them. His call has fallen on deaf ears.
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