The Federal Government has declared it won’t pay ransom to secure the release of abducted students and teachers of Government Science College, Kagara in Niger State.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this today during a Television interview.
He was reacting to speculations and reports that the Federal Government was prepared to exchange the abductees for huge ransom.
But when asked whether the government had paid ransom or was considering the payment of ransom, the minister said the federal government would not tolerate any form of criminality in any form.
He claimed the government has put in place various strategies to contain banditry and also to fight insurgency and kidnapping. According to him, the measures are kinetic and non-kinetic and they refuse to throwaway invitation to engage but the overall strategy they plan to you, will be kept in their minds.
