REVEALED: How former DSS director paid ransom to kidnappers

  • Mike Ejiofor, a one-time director of the DSS, has said he used to discourage families of those who were kidnapped from paying ransom until he became a victim of the scourge
  • Ejiofor stated that the spate of kidnappings can still be curtailed but the failure to address the insecurity revolves around insufficient resources
  • The former DSS official was reacting to the killings of traditional rulers by suspected abductors in Ekiti and Kwara states as well as the kidnapping epidemic in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering public journalism.

FCT, Abuja – A former director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor, has said he discouraged ransom payment until he became of victim of kidnapping.