{"id":128571,"date":"2023-12-07T13:15:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/07\/victims-families-sold-their-homes-personal-possessions-to-pay-ransom-gov-el-rufai-did-nothing-shehu-sani\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:15:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T13:15:05","slug":"victims-families-sold-their-homes-personal-possessions-to-pay-ransom-gov-el-rufai-did-nothing-shehu-sani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/07\/victims-families-sold-their-homes-personal-possessions-to-pay-ransom-gov-el-rufai-did-nothing-shehu-sani\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Victims&#8217; Families Sold Their Homes, Personal Possessions To Pay Ransom, Gov. El-Rufai Did Nothing&#8217; \u2014 Shehu Sani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-889925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20230818-090546_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"Shehu Sani\" width=\"1080\" height=\"767\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>A former Kaduna Central lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has posited that powerful forces are behind kidnappings and terrorism in Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>Sani disclosed this while accusing the immediate-past Governor of the State, Nasir El-rufai, of doing nothing to resolve the insecurity situation in the State.<\/p>\n<p>While urging the Federal Government to immediately take action against terrorism in the State in a chat with Trust TV\u2019s \u2018Daily Politics\u2019 programme, he said: \u201cKaduna is the only state where you have consistency in kidnapping in schools. Terrorists attacked Greenfield University and kidnapped and killed students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also attacked Bethel Baptist School in Kajuru, where they killed and kidnapped students. Same with College of Agric and Mechanisation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Niger: Bandits Abduct Eight Bus Passengers, Kill Driver, Demand 17m Ransom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are all incidents that happened within Kaduna State alone and the governor of the past has done nothing, so it is time for the federal government to come to the aid of Kaduna State and save us from the hands of terrorists and bandits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Bethel Baptist High School, I was there after the kidnapping happened and I saw how women sold their homes, lands and personal possessions to gather money and pay ransom and the state government in Kaduna did nothing at that time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver N280 million was gathered by the parents of the students and given to terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there are no powerful forces behind these terrorists, where does the money go?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1891282133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Kaduna Central lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has posited that powerful forces are behind kidnappings and terrorism in Kaduna State. 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