Tag: Security expert

‘Kidnappers now using banks to collect ransoms’ – Expert raises alarm

Aminu Imam
Expert on kidnappers

A security expert, Dr. Kabir Adamu, has raised concern that kidnappers in Nigeria are now using banks to collect ransom payments. Speaking yesterday, Adamu, who is the CEO of Beacon Security and Intelligence Ltd, said this trend is worrying. In the past, kidnappers usually demanded cash, but now they are asking victims’ families to pay money through bank accounts. He revealed that his team has tracked cases where ransom money was paid into bank accounts and successfully withdrawn. Although he did not mention the banks involved, he said some progress…

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“Tinubu lacks political will to tackle insecurity” – Security expert

Aminu Imam

A security expert, Col. Hassan Stan-Labo (rtd) said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is yet to exhibit the political will to tackle the spate of insecurity in the country. Speaking on a television platform yesterday, he argued that not much has changed in the country on the issue since President Tinubu assumed the mantle of leadership of the country. Stan-Labo, who was actively involved in the restoration of peace in war-torn Sierra Leone and Liberia in the 80s and 90s, referred to the President’s refusal to visit the affected communities in…

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