Nigeria's Tinubu Says Country Will No Longer Pay Ransom to Armed Gangs

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Nigeria will no longer pay ransom to armed gangs that have plagued the country with kidnapping and extortion, President Bola Tinubu said in an opinion piece published Monday.

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The president said instead of ransom, perpetrators of the violence will receive the security services' counter actions. "The Nigerian state is obviously very weak to do those things it says it wants to do. If you're someone, you have your kidnapped and you know that the state security agents can't do anything," Nwokolo said."How come you were able to retrieve those numbers of kids without shooting a gun, and we know that those guys demanded ransom? The entire thing shows that there's no honesty, there's no transparency.

In the article, Tinubu also talked about his economic reforms. The Nigerian president said they were necessary to save public finances and encourage foreign investment.

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