Hajia Asia, the wife of Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir
El-Rufai, has claimed she is ready to die at the hands of kidnappers if it will
bring peace to Nigeria.
She urged Nigerians to make sacrifices to end banditry and
kidnapping, by refusing to pay ransoms.
The Governor’s wife made the remarks in Kaduna while
addressing participants of a peace and security training, organized for Kaduna
women by Equal Access International (EAI), on Wednesday.
Mrs El-Rufai who emphasized that ransom should not be paid
if she is kidnapped added that, “we must sacrifice to bring this to an end. I
am ready to die in the hands of kidnappers if it will bring peace to this
country.
“For as long as you continue to pay ransom, it is like you
are adding kerosene to fire. you are giving bandits, kidnappers money for
ammunition to continue to haunt you. We should not pay ransom. This is my
personal opinion.
“I have said it before and I will say it again if I am
kidnapped don’t pay any ransom. rather pray for me that if it is death, I go in
a good way and if I am going to be released that I am not violated.
“As long as we are giving them the money and they hurt
people around, they will not change. Collectively as a country, we have to say
no, we can not continue to give them our hard-earned money to buy weapons and
drugs to kill and maim our children. If we don’t put a stop to this, they will
destroy us all. They will even kidnap the person that takes the ransom to them.
“You will see that some of them you even give the ransom and
they still kill the person, so you have lost twice,” she said.
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