How do you explain to a family member who has made concerted efforts to raise substantial funds to free a loved one that he or she will now be facing criminal action? To me, it appears grossly unfair.
It is funny how we always ignore the cause and choose to tackle the effect. Payment of ransom only happens when people fear that the victim cannot be helped by the security forces. The first thing to be done in is that effort should be directed to motivating and providing the security agencies necessary equipment required to rescuing the kidnapped victim unharmed.
In a functional society, there should not be a situation that warrants paying of ransom to kidnappers, because kidnapping itself is a serious and punishable offense under the law
The Senate, Federal and State government should use this energy to beef up the security of lives and properties and also make the citizens feel safe in their homes, at schools, during their travels
Nigerians want to see actions being taken in addressing those identified challenges, rather than focusing on trivial issues like ransom payments.
I’ll therefore advise that the lawmakers focus their attention on how to curb insecurity totally in the country. Ransom payment will not occur if the police can effectively apprehend kidnappers