Why they are kidnapping Nigerians for ransom – Akpabio reveals

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, urged Nigerians to remain vigilant against kidnappers on Tuesday.

Akpabio said that those behind the kidnappings are attempting to create an impression that Nigeria is unsafe.

Speaking in Abuja at the commissioning of road projects that marked President Bola Tinubu’s third‑year anniversary, Akpabio claimed that some critics of the president have resorted to paying youths to cause trouble.

He accused Tinubu’s critics of focusing on insecurity instead of policy and infrastructure.

According to Akpabio: “Minister you said that people claimed that nothing is happening in Nigeria under the administration of President Tinubu, if they did not say that, how will they go for election?”

“If you realize what is happening recently, when they realized that they can’t talk about projects, performance, good laws, transformation in the Petroleum industry, subsidy removal that have been promised Nigerians for decades, they can no longer talk about the highrises in Abuja such as the NRS building, they resorted to paying young people and recruiting them to cause mayhem in the country.”

“Be very vigilant and be careful about people trying to kidnap for ransom. They are kidnapping in order to give the impression that Nigeria is not safe.”

“Our men and women in uniform have done tremendously well but many people will not know and that is why I keep saying that the devil you see today, you will soon see them no more.”

“Elections will come and go, elections will never be our end, we will see the end of elections; it will never see our end.”