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kidnapping PHOTO: shutterstock The proposal by the Senate to enact a law banning payment of ransom to kidnappers and making it a criminal offence for those connected with such payments is obviously in tandem with international best practice against kidnapping. Kidnapping globally ranks as one of the meanest offences against which organised and serious countries take stern exception. But in climes where ransom payment for terrorist acts have been banned, the structure to prevent, mitigate and rescue victims have been put in place. Unfortunately, this is not so in Nigeria. From all indications, therefore, the Senate proposal is like putting the cart before the horse. The lawmakers ought to be very concerned about the failure of official security architecture that has made kidnapping so easy for the criminals; and that lacks an effective mechanism for rescuing kidnap victims. It is from this prism that attempt by the Senate in Nigeria to criminalise ransom payment can be best viewed.

Kaduna statePhilip waltonDavids cohenNasir el rufaiEzenwa francis onyewuchiGreenfield universityTerrorism actKaduna state governor nasirBasir el rufaiRansom paymentsSenator ezenwa francis onyewuchiகடுனா நிலைபிலிப் வால்டன்டேவிட்ஸ் கோஹன்கிரீன்ஃபீல்ட் பல்கலைக்கழகம்பயங்கரவாதம் நாடகம்