The senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Sen. Shehu Sani, has lamented the rising spate of kidnapping for ransom in the country.
The outspoken made this known in a tweet via his personal Twitter handle on Thursday.
Sani recounted the case of a VOA reporter in the country who paid N2 million to secure the release of his abducted wife, saying such people should be able to demand reimbursement from government.
He said, “Armed kidnappers invaded the House of a Kaduna based VOA journalist and abducted his wife.
“The man had to pay the sum of N2Million ransom to the kidnappers to secure the release of his wife.
“Such a man has the right to write to the President,the Governor and all of us in the legislative seat and demand for refund after failing to protect his family.
“This is how low we have sunk.”
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