Nasir El-Rufai, the troubled governor of Kaduna, has taken a very strong position, which is not to negotiate with terrorists or pay any ransom. This is the position of the United States government and also that of the Israeli government. I support this position only that those ones who are taking those positions usually have a military fallback that ensures effective rescue and destruction of the captors.
Abi, didn’t you see the thing they did recently in Niger or was it Mali when they came in to rescue their citizen after being abducted? While I see very strong reasons with Mallam Rufai in his position, the wahala is that you cannot be doing that and just be sitting down and releasing press statements and sending condolences as the victims are killed one after the other.
The people we are copying, even the terrorists, know that if you try, you will lose. If you kill the victim, you will regret it. You know, see how they dealt with Osama Bin Laden, who was messed up just as he was about to eat breakfast? Sir, we have to negotiate o, we have to beg o, we have to pay o until the money finish. See the children from that university killed? If we have no effective plan to rescue and destroy these evil people, let us pay o.
By the time the money finishes, even the kidnappers will know and start looking for other occupations. Please, sir, the blood of these children will not let us sleep if we cannot protect the citizens and now be folding hand be doing like George Bush and be saying we will not pay or negotiate when we really are helpless. Reconsider this stance. Na beg.
