It is no longer news that Kaduna stands as a breeding ground to Nigeria's Multimillion Naira Industry which is Kidnapping. There is no sector in the country today making more money than the kidnapping industry headquatered in kaduna. Encounters on the Kaduna-Abuja high way is a proof to this with kidnappings occuring almost on a daily. Recently the Kaduna State government has claimed the road to be now safe but this is far from the reality. As of the time of this claim by the Kaduna State Government, 7 people were kidnapped and 3 others lost their lives when former governor of Gombe State , Ibrahim Dankwambo, escaped being kidnapped on this same road claimed to be safe, the video proof of which can be found on his Twitter handle @MrYTanko recorded by his secuirity aide. Even the train from Abuja-Kaduna Solely built to revive our railway system in addition to aiding the poor masses in their interstate commercial activities is no longer what it is. Tickets are now sold at a higher price much more than the number of sits available and if you are lucky to get one you would have to stand all through the journey because the rich has taking all the seats. Even our secuirity operatives who are supposed to be at the forefront of fighting this menace are now struggling for a stand on the train. Everytime such a crime happens and the victims of such crimes later gets release, these same secuirity operatives are quick to say no ransome was paid which is a lie. The recent of which is the kidnapping of the Ahmadu Bello University final year students where the Kaduna State police command public relations officer , DSP Yakubu Sabo said no ransome was paid for their release which the families of these victims has come out saying otherwise that 5.5million was paid to secure their release. A member of parliament from one of the northern states was abducted along Kaduna-Abuja highway, and N10Million was reported to have been paid before his release in 2017. Few days after, a family of four were kidnapped on same highway before they were later released on ransome paid. Similarly, Dr. Abdulmalik Durun-guwa, who was kidnapped and later his wife, settled the kidnappers N7million to gain his freedom.
On 6 August, 2019 gunmen killed the resident pastor of the Living Faith Church, Romi New Extension, in Kaduna State, Pastor Jeremiah Omolewa on the Kaduna -Abuja highway and in the process abducted his wife and 50 million naira demanded for her release. In the preceding week after the wife was released, another pastor in charge of the Nagarta Baptist Church Ungwan Makiri, close to Udawa in Chikun Local Government Area of the state was also abducted.
Infact this issue of kidnapping is not just on the Kaduna-Abuja highway alone. On 30 August, 2019, the Kaduna State House of Assembly Member representing Zaria Constituency, Hon. Suleiman Ibrahim Dabo was kidnapped on Kaduna-Zaria highway. Infact this guys are now moving away from carrying out their activities on highways to now operating in town. This situation is becoming more and more worrisome with no hope of it ending any time soon. There is no place for the masses to turn to for hope even up to the federal level because if a relative of the president (President Muhammadu Buhari) could be kidnapped for 2 months and ransome paid for his release despite denial from secuirity operatives then who are we to complain to when it happens to us.

Funny enough, a high-profiled politician may be behind all these. Callous individuals hell-bent on destroying anything good left in this country.

Many ridiculous things are happening in this our country Nigeria.