Mother narrates how N6M ransom was raised for abducted corps members.

[Jubilee58]

According to Punch news. A mother of one of the 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps members abducted in Imo State, Alirat Wahab, has narrated how her family borrowed money and received contributions from relatives and other individuals to raise N6m allegedly demanded by the Wahab said the kidnappers initially demanded N50m for each of the abducted prospective corps members before reducing the amount after the parents pleaded with them.

She disclosed this in separate interviews with News Central on Wednesday and Thursday, following the release of the 20 victims.

Recommended for her son’s release.

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This is really very abnormal, it is the duty of the federal government, and also that of the state government to take responsibilities of the youth corpers . These corpers are deployed to Imo state by the federal government of Nigeria to serve the country, and as well as the state, so if because of the security threat in Imo state these youth corpers are being kidnapped, it is the responsibility of the local government, state, and the federal government as well to fight for their release, and not placing that burden on the parents of those corpers making them to go, and borrow money to release their children from kidnapers. Normally when their is any security threat in any state they don't post youth corpers there for there own safety, now they posted these youth corpers in a vulnerable place, and the burden is now on their parents.
I think it will be better for youth corpers to serve in their states where they are conversant with the environment, than risking their lives in places far away from their homes where the state, and federal government cannot give them security.

What is your opinion on this?

[Crakryptvest]

What this has to tell us, is that, your security lies in your hands in this country, the government is no longer responsible for our security, sometimes I ask, is this really a country, how can parents go through suffering to see their children through the university, and after that they spend such amount of money not for anything good but for paying some kind of shit ransom just because our government fail to do what they are meant to do, what they know how to do better is to sell a candidate that is unsellable for reelection, too bad to have a government that doesn't care about their citizens, the purpose for youths service has been defeated, as it is, youth service has no meaning again, since corpers are now the target for kidnappers, a country of particular concern, I weep for my dear country Nigeria, kidnapping is now a normal thing, the government should as a matter of urgency pay the parents all the spent and also pay the corpers for the trauma their dereliction caused them.

[ArabBTC]

Just imagine the level of trauma that both the Corp members and their families would have gone through this period, it is indeed a bad time to be a Nigerian because of this unending security challenges, children that came out to serve their fatherland were just being humiliated by this terrorist and yet it is still their families that struggled to raise the money for their ransom.

The insecurity in Nigeria is something that our politicians shouldn’t play politics with anymore, the life of Nigerians should be protected at all cost, this insecurity challenges is really getting out of hand, currently no one is safe anymore in Nigeria, am happy that the Corp members finally regained their freedom.

[Salahmu]

This is really very abnormal, it is the duty of the federal government, and also that of the state government to take responsibilities of the youth corpers . These corpers are deployed to Imo state by the federal government of Nigeria to serve the country, and as well as the state, so if because of the security threat in Imo state these youth corpers are being kidnapped, it is the responsibility of the local government, state, and the federal government as well to fight for their release, and not placing that burden on the parents of those corpers making them to go, and borrow money to release their children from kidnapers. Normally when their is any security threat in any state they don't post youth corpers there for there own safety, now they posted these youth corpers in a vulnerable place, and the burden is now on their parents.

What is your opinion on this?

So long as a copper is still serving under the assignment of the government whatever happens is supposed to be the responsibility of the government but they seem to have forgotten that it was because of them they are there. I don't know why they steel send people to some communities in IMO state, some part has been fighting for years without a resolution till now so they should have suspended those places indefinitely so that nobody would get hurt while serving their country, even if this kidnapping has happened, it will not still teach the government anything because on the next batch that would be posted some will still go there.

[Rgram]

E don tay way those Bandits for the northern side don Dey use this thing as business, Dey use am Dey cash out on a major from both individuals and allegedly, government (we no sabi the truth on that one finish shah). The laxity of government when it comes to securing life and property na em Dey make these people for the East now Don Dey rise up to perpetuate the same crime way all of Nigeria Dey complain of.
Time don Dey reach way people no go Dey travel inter state again via insecurity matter o. Imagine say the whole NYSC program don Dey questionable because of these abductions.
Government need to stop to play politics on issues of security, it’s way too vital and dangerous.

[Zackz5000]

This is really very abnormal, it is the duty of the federal government, and also that of the state government to take responsibilities of the youth corpers . These corpers are deployed to Imo state by the federal government of Nigeria to serve the country, and as well as the state, so if because of the security threat in Imo state these youth corpers are being kidnapped, it is the responsibility of the local government, state, and the federal government as well to fight for their release, and not placing that burden on the parents of those corpers making them to go, and borrow money to release their children from kidnapers. Normally when their is any security threat in any state they don't post youth corpers there for there own safety, now they posted these youth corpers in a vulnerable place, and the burden is now on their parents.

What is your opinion on this?

So long as a copper is still serving under the assignment of the government whatever happens is supposed to be the responsibility of the government but they seem to have forgotten that it was because of them they are there. I don't know why they steel send people to some communities in IMO state, some part has been fighting for years without a resolution till now so they should have suspended those places indefinitely so that nobody would get hurt while serving their country, even if this kidnapping has happened, it will not still teach the government anything because on the next batch that would be posted some will still go there.

I remember when there was serious fight/ crisis in some part of Rivers state onelga to be precise during this period of homicide government stop sending youth coppers to onelga for the safety of the corpers not to get killed or kidnap because a lot of horrible things was going on the local government, i think this is what government should do in any part of the country that lack insecurities or any part that fight is going on, just as you mentioned some part of in imo state and again it's the government responsibility to take of any corp members currently in service because they are part of government property, but you already know the country we came from this people are careless to her citizens they don't care if we all die or not.