Frequent acts of violent crime have grown to form a major threat in dekina local government area of kogi state security. These include instances of cattle rustling, armed robbery and handset snatchers kidnapping for ransom.
Kidnapping has remained the most virulent form of banditry in Dekina local government area in kogi state It has become the most pervasive and intractable violent crime in the local government.
Kidnapping can be targeted at individuals or at groups. Most our people can no longer have free movement again, inoccents youths have been kidnapped in groups in various parts of Dekina villages such as, Olowa road, Abocho road, Bassa road, Ogege road, Ajakabu road, Okele road, Ejule road, Odu road, Usually, the prime targets of kidnapping for ransom are those considered to be unwealthy enough to pay a fee in exchange for being freed.
Kidnapping is the unlawful detention of a person through the use of force, threats, fraud or enticement. The purpose is an illicit gain, economic or material, in exchange for liberation. It may also be used to pressure someone into doing something – or not doing something.
Dekina local government of kogi state has one of the world’s highest rates of kidnap-for-ransom cases for now, I call on the state government to come to our rescue and save us from this mess before is getting out of hand.
Over 112 of kogi state youths have been kidnapped for ransom and other purposes over the months now. Kidnapping has prevailed in spite of measures put in place by the government. The Nigerian police’s anti-kidnapping squad, introduced in the 2000s, has endeavoured to stem the menace. But this been to no avail, mainly due to a lack of manpower and poor logistics.
In my view these efforts have also failed because of weak sanctioning and deterrence mechanisms. Kidnapping thrives in an environment that condones crime; where criminal opportunism and impunity prevail over and above deterrence.
This obviously calls for an urgent review of Nigeria’s current anti-kidnapping approach to make it more effective.
there were recorded cases of kidnap for rape, ritual or for other purposes in various parts of kogi state. But kidnapping today is done primarily for ransom – either money or its material equivalent to be paid for someone’s release. The underlying logic of the kidnapping enterprise is that the victim is worth a ransom value and they or their proxy have the capacity to pay.
Each victim has a so-called “kidnap ransom value” which makes them an attractive target. This value is determined by a number of factors. These include the victim’s socio-economic or political status, family or corporate premium on the victim, the type of kidnappers involved, as well as the dynamics of ransom negotiation.
The kidnapping business in Dekina local government has been mostly perpetrated by criminal gangs and violent groups pursuing political agendas. Bandits have often taken to kidnapping for ransom to make money. The escapades of the famous kidnap kingpin, Evans, speak volumes of this pattern of kidnapping. Evans was a multimillionaire kidnapper who was arrested in Lagos a few years ago. He is currently is detent.
Organised violent groups such as cultist have also been involved in kidnap for ransom in Dekina, there are also involving of knight operation such as stealing of Handsets and other domestic violent in de local government.
In addition to differents group of cultist organised local and transnational criminal syndicates have been involved in de acts This is happening to apocalyptic proportions in Dekina local government of kogi state where cultist regularly engage
Stricter measures, such as life imprisonment or the death penalty, may not be completely out of place in dealing with the kidnapping menace. After all, the crime of kidnapping is a maximum threat that requires an equally maximum deterrence.
The good governance Advocate, Journalist moses Abdulrahman yusuf write form Dekina.
