Kidnapping: Govt, security officials made money under Buhari – Charles Omole alleges

Dr Charles Omole, the writer of ‘From Soldier to Statesman: The Legacy of Muhammadu Buhari, has alleged that authorities and information officials made a immense amounts of wealth from kidnapping nether Buhari’s administration.

Omole alleged this on Thursday during an interrogation connected State Affairs, a podcast hosted by Edmund Obilo.

He claimed that authorities and information officials turned the insecurity into a kidnapping manufacture complex.

According to him, “Monetisation of insecurity was rampant nether Buhari’s administration. There’s nary uncertainty astir that.

“Insecurity became much profitable. To marque the authorities to pay, the kidnappers had to origin maximum embarrassment to the government.

“The kidnappers spell to a colony and kidnap 100 children, whose parents are peasants. They don’t expect the mediocre parents to pay, but the government.

“This started happening nether Buhari’s administration. For example, it was a concern wherever authorities and information officials would inquire Buhari to wage 500 cardinal naira to get the kidnapped children released, and helium would o.k. it.

“Maybe the children were really released...