According to the Nigeria Police Force, that the new trend of raising funds for Kidnapped victims on social media, is a big crime and punishable offence.
This was revealed by the police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, who appeared during an interview on Thursday night, February 1.
Adejobi who says such act should be discouraged, stating that it’s always break their heart whenever they see people begging for money online in order to free their loved ones.
He said, “Paying ransom is criminal in Nigeria, according to the provisions of our law. But the problem we have in most cases is that families of victims in most cases, they don’t carry security operatives along.
“They get scared because kidnappers always work on their psyche, ‘don’t tell security agents, don’t tell the police, if you do, we are going to kill your relations,’ and they kept quiet.
“It got to a stage where somebody did crowdfunding on social media; this will not help us in any way. It is criminal. It is not allowed. It is condemned. Even the Federal Government condemned it.
“Crowdfunding is not allowed. How can you come on social media and be telling people to gather money to go and rescue victims? It kills our morale; it kills the system. We should not encourage that.”
