Kidnapping the New Business Trends in Nigeria

The rate of Kidnapping in Nigeria is becoming worrisome and helpless, not only to Nigerians, but to the world at large. Before now it used to be boko haram in Nigeria Kidnapping school children in the northern part of Nigeria i.e Kano, Maiduguri amongst others; Even though Kidnapping is not a new phenomenon, yet Kidnapping is becoming the order of the day in Nigeria.

 The one that is now news in Nigeria, is that some of the kidnappers use their victims as servants or to go out on the street and start asking for arms. Begging for money and bring this money in return to the Kidnappers. Example of such story is that of a young girl who was kidnapped recently, in the area of Agbor village in Delta state Nigeria, on her way to school one morning. The entire family was looking for her with no success for four months until last week when the father of the girl received a call that his supposed daughter is with them at that moment in a church in Akure, Ondo state.The caller briefed the man that it was like the girl escaped from  her abductors. The father of the girl, he did not know what to say or do or how to express his joys or how to manage all mixed up emotions all raging inside of him, pleaded with the caller to take the girl to the nearest police station that unfailingly the next day they will leave for Akure. 

To cut the long story short, after the girl was returned to her parent, she narrated her ordeal. According to her, on the day she was kidnapped, she was forced into a car while going to school, by two men with weapons and drove under serious threat to Ondo. Another teen was kidnapped too with her on the same day. When they got to a place in ondo state, she was not sure if it was  Akure or another town in Ondo. They  were taken to a place where they met other people who have been kidnapped ealier. They heard some people spoke to them in harsh languages that they had been brought to that town to work and they should not even try to run away or tell anybody about it because they have people monitoring their movements. They threaten to kill anyone that try to play smarter. According to her, they where given a black customized T-shirt and are taken daily to strategic location for street begging. Each one of them must deliver 850-3000  naira per day and any day anyone deliver less than that, that person is tortured like animal. They  have where and how they do collect the daily returns from each beggars. Someone attempted to escape he was caught, how they were able to do that, she don't know, so fear was on everyone. But this teen attempted to escape and succeeded because most time she doesn't meet the target, as she hates the acts, and the daily torture is unbearable. When she escaped, according to the first woman she ran unto her arms in the church that received her at Akure, she must have ran several kilometres, because she fainted as she ran into the church premises. 

We gathered that the real owner of this dastard business is based in Lagos and monies are being sent to him at intervals. This people are rich because of the turn 
over from different states and they are connected. During the interview the father of the rescue girl after they brought her back. He said this people are so connected to the point that two suspects that were arrested in line with this criminal acts were granted bail even before the police could return the girl to her parent.

There are possibilities that bigger girls are being used for prostitution because the girl said they assured that some will be sent to other big cities or  abroad for better business as they mentioned.

Another recent Kidnapping, few days ago a shocking video was emerged, of a prominent proprietress who was kidnapped, raped and buried alive by her driver and some of his gangs. The victim is said to be the owner of Chelsea International School, one of the biggest school in Abuja. 

In the past in Nigeria, it used to be Kidnapping of Government official, forigne expatriates, top religious leaders, celebrities and Nigerian politicians and their children because these are the people that could provide them with a huge ransom that is been demanded. 

The one that draw my attention is the new strategy of Kidnapping poor innocent children and using them for street begging or even trafficking. As they sell some of these Teenagers  to some Nigerian Madam who live in some part of Europe, and this people use the girls for sex trade. Some of this girls are even use to sleep with animals and use all sought of drugs. This is evil in the highest order. 

The widening of the level of insecurity in Nigeria is a big cause for concern as all are affected by this illed manner of business. 

However, Nigeria economy is at it worse now, and the country do not need kidnappers for any reason, as this scared away the foreign investors from Nigeria. It is such a pity that bad governance and failures of our leaders has pushed many of Nigerians citizens into all form of evil but this will not help in moving the country. 


Things like this should'nt be happening in a country like Nigeria. Nigerians are hard working people and very intelligent people. God bless Nigeria!