Nigerian gunmen raise over $5 million from mass kidnappings: Study
8 million in ransom payments in the last year from civilian abductions, a crime that is crippling education and eroding public trust in the government, a security consultancy said.
The findings were released as Nigeria’s president ordered security forces to rescue as many as 600 civilians kidnapped last week in north-central Niger State.
The kidnap-for-ransom industry is at the centre of Nigeria’s expanding security crisis as gunmen target schools, villages and main roads.
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