Daily Post· 1h ago· 1 min read
President Bola Tinubu has declared that his administration would never pay ransom or negotiate with bandits and terrorists across Nigeria.
This was as Tinubu disclosed that some bandits and terrorists demanded the release of their detained members as part of ransom for the release of some abducted Nigerians.
He made this known during his meeting with Oba Rashidi Ladoja, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, and the Oyo State Council of Obas at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
According to Tinubu: “We refused to negotiate for ransom, these criminals wanted us to release from detention members of their criminal gangs that were already arrested, that was one of their conditions outside of the money they were looking for.
“I said no deal as we are not going to negotiate with criminals and we refuse to pay ransom. We have the geography of the forest and we know what they did.
“And in answer to…
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