Victor Umeh, a well-known legislator from Nigeria, has made statements about well-known members of the public who have entered into negotiations with terrorist organizations. The well-known lawmaker brought up the AIT problem when talking about what happened after the service chiefs accepted the House of Assembly’s invitation.
Addressing the topic, Umeh said, “Like in Zamfara and other parts of the North West, kidnapping is the order of the day in parts of the South East and the South-South. People have turned kidnapping into a profitable business. When they kidnap, they demand ransom, and they are settled.
He added, “Some prominent people have also become negotiators with bandits in the north-west, and we felt this was an aberration. What are you doing with bandits that makes you their negotiator and money receiver? These are the things we pointed out, and the security chiefs will deal with them. They are doing a lot of work distilling the different types of infractions that we have and the reasons for them.
