As pesin wey don pay ransom three times to comot im family for kidnapper hand, Nigerian businessman Lawal Ado no too happy with moves to ban payment to kidnappers,
One controversial bill to criminalise ransom payments na di latest attempt to reduce di kidnapping business wey dey boom for di kontri.
Di proposal na to jail any pesin wey pay for up to 15 years.
Oga Ado say im two daughters bin dey drive with police convoy for Buruku road, Kaduna state, wey dey notorious for criminal gang, wen dem kidnap dem for December.
Dem dey kidnappers hand for 15 weeks until im pay 10m naira ($24,000, 19,000) in cash, na wetin e tell BBC.
Few years later, dem kidnap im wife from im house for Kaduna city and na 700,000 naira make dem release am.
Dem kidnap im mama when she dey go her village also for Kaduna state and na with 300,000 naira, di kidnappers take free am.
Oga Ado tok say wen you see say men wey carry gun dey threaten di lives of your loved ones, you no get choice but to drop money.
Lawmakers wan ban ransom only because "dem neva get family member wey dem kidnap", na wetin im add.
But lawmakers dey argue say dat kai payments na im dey ginger di kidnap industry wia criminal gangs go just tiff pipo and ask for anytin from $50 to $1m.
Since 2011, kidnappers don make at least $18m, with almost half of di money, na between 2016 and 2020 dem make am.
Dis na wetin SBM Intelligence wey be think-tank for Lagos dey report.
Detective superintendent Eguaoje Funmilayo from Federal Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) say families dey fear to involve police and go just pay ransom instead, wey be something wey police no dey ike make pipo do.
For rare sucess, police announce say dem gbab two alleged oga wey organize di kidnap of some university students wey dia parents bin cough out 200m naira so dem go free dem, earlier dis month.
Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi - wey propose di bill say kidnapping don turn, "di most deadly kind of banditry for Nigeria, e don become di most common and uncontrollable crime for di kontri."
Di bill don pass upper chamber and go now enta lower house.
No place dey safe from kidnap gangs but dem plenti pass for Northern Nigeria. Ova di years dem don target airports, railways, military barracks and religious places
Families of pipo wey dem kidnap dey most times sell property, collect loan from bank and crowdfund so dem go fit raise ransom.
Di victims wey no pay ransom sometines dey killed, tori dey sat dem dey comot dia human organs carry sell.
Usman Mbaekwe, wey spend five days for forest for southern Nigeria afta dem attack di bus im dey inside say, security forces no even try at all to save am. Dem free am afta im wife raise 1m naira (2,000, $2,400).
For tori wey be like dem tiff am from Nollywood feem, dem carry di pipo wey gt di cash for road wey lead from Lagos to Sapele, inside di Niger Delta, wey dem tell dem to drop di money for side of road, na wetin im tok.
Kontris like US and UK no dey pay ransom to kidnappers, say di best way to stop kidnapping na to stop di ginger.
But for kontris like France, Germany, Spain and Italy, tori be say dem don pay millions of dollars to free dia citizens wey African jaguda pipo hold or elsewhere.
Tori be say even Nigerian federal goment don drop correct money give kidnappers before, like give Boko Haram so dem go free some of di Chibok girls dem kidnap for 2014, as Kastina sef drop money for di di release of schoolboys dem kidnap for 2020.
More recently, na di attack for di Abuja-Kaduna train for March. At least eight pipo die and tori be say 60 pipo dey di gunmen hand.
Di kidnappers no ask for ransom but dey ask oda tins from goment, wey dey boost tok say to stop ransom no go end kidnapping.
Imran Rufai wey im broda dey train attacker hand say "payment of ransom no be di problem, na kidnapping"
Zara Aliyu, wey also get train kidnapped broda, gree say, "you only fit pass dat kain bill if beta security dey".
E no clear weda President Muhammadu Buhari support di bill, but e don tok against ransom payment last year.
E say, make state goment review dia policy wey det "reward bandits with money and vehicles", as im ask for patience to handle di kasala.
Oga Buhari say, "we get capacity to move ogbonge force for bandits for di village wey dem dey operate, but na fear of heavy casualties of innocent villagers and hostages dey hold us".
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As a native English speaker with basically zero exposure to pidgin, I could also understand it, albeit with a bit more effort than "normal" English. Though I could also understand how someone literally unaware that pidgins exist might just think it's some gimmick TC (or a website TC is quoting) came up with, too.
And for those who don't wish to read it in Pidgin: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-61554325
Having paid a ransom three times to secure the freedom of his loved ones, Nigerian businessman Lawal Ado is not impressed by moves to outlaw payments to kidnappers. A controversial bill to criminalise ransom payments is the latest attempt to curb the country's spiralling and lucrative kidnapping industry. It proposes a jail sentence of up to 15 years for anyone who pays a ransom. Mr Ado said his two daughters were travelling in a police convoy along the Buruku road in Kaduna state, a notorious flashpoint for the criminal gangs, when they were abducted in December. They were held for 15 weeks, and only freed after he paid a ransom of 10m naira ($24,000, 19,000) in cash, he told the BBC. A few years ago, his wife was kidnapped from their home in Kaduna city and she was released after he paid 700,000 naira. His mother - seized while travelling to her home village, also in Kaduna state - was freed after he paid 300,000 naira. Mr Ado said that when confronted by the reality of armed men threatening the lives of those closest to you, you have no choice but to come up with the cash. Lawmakers were opposed to ransom payments only because "they have not had a family member kidnapped", he added. But the lawmakers argue that such payments fuel the kidnapping industry, where criminal gangs randomly seize people and demand anything from $50 to $1m. Since 2011, kidnappers have collected at least $18m, with more than half of it between 2016 and 2020, says SBM Intelligence, a think-tank based in Lagos. Image source, Getty Images Detective superintendent Eguaoje Funmilayo of the Federal Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) said families were normally hesitant to involve police, and instead pay ransoms - something that police discourage them from doing. In a rare success, police earlier this month announced the arrest of two alleged masterminds of the abduction of a group of university students whose parents reportedly paid 200m naira for their release. Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi - who proposed the bill, which has been approved by the upper chamber and will now go to the lower house - said kidnapping had become "the most virulent form of banditry in Nigeria and the most pervasive and intractable violent crime in the country". No place is out of reach for kidnapping gangs, but they are especially prevalent in northern Nigeria. Airports, railways, military barracks and religious places have all been targeted over the years. Families of kidnap victims often sell their property, take loans from banks and crowdfund to raise the ransom. Those who do not pay are sometimes killed, and there have been reported cases of kidnappers removing human organs from their victims to sell. Usman Mbaekwe, who spent five days in a forest in southern Nigeria after a bus he was travelling in was attacked, said the security forces made no attempt to rescue him. He was freed after his wife raised 1m naira (2,000, $2,400). In something that could be taken straight from the script of one of Nigeria's famous Nollywood movies, the people delivering the cash were taken on a winding route from Lagos to Sapele, hundreds of kilometres away in the Niger Delta, where they were ordered to drop the money along the road, he said.
Globally, countries like the US and UK rule out ransom payments to kidnappers, arguing that the best way to stop abductions is to remove the incentive. But countries like France, Germany, Spain and Italy have reportedly paid millions of dollars to free their citizens held hostage by armed gangs in Africa, and elsewhere. Even the Nigerian federal government is said to have paid huge sums to kidnappers in the past - including to Boko Haram militants to secure the release of some of the Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped in 2014, while the Katsina state government reportedly paid for the release of schoolboys seized by armed men in 2020. More recently, a brazen attack took place on a passenger train travelling between Abuja and Kaduna, in March. At least eight people were killed, and more than 60 are thought to be still held by the gunmen. The abductors have not asked for a ransom but are making other demands of the government, supporting the argument that outlawing payments will not solve the kidnap crisis. "Payments of ransom is not the problem here, kidnapping is," said Imran Rufai, whose brother is being held by the train attackers. Zara Aliyu, whose brother was also abducted from the train, agrees. "You can only pass such bills where there is adequate security," Ms Aliyu said. Although it is unclear whether President Muhammadu Buhari supports the bill, he expressed opposition to ransom payments last year. He said state governments should review their policy of "rewarding bandits with money and vehicles", and called for patience in tackling the crisis. "We have the capacity to deploy massive force against the bandits in the villages where they operate, but our limitation is the fear of heavy casualties of innocent villagers and hostages," Mr Buhari said.
Wow, having your daughters, then wife, then mother kidnapped sounds pretty bad.
I couldn't read the whole thing. Got tired translating it into stuff I'd actually understand after a bit. Some things were obvious, some things I had no idea what the word would be in english and of course some of it was just english words.
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