A notorious bandit has been caught on video displaying the money he collected as ransom from his victims.
The bandit was seen on Tiktok flaunting the massive cash.
Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency specialist and security analyst in Lake Chad, shared the footage on Monday through a series of postings on his X account.
According to Makama, the account’s owner has over 3000 followers, some of whom are bandits wearing military or police costumes and openly displaying their firearms.
He further regretted that the Tiktok platform has allowed militants to publicize their murderous campaign without any limits.
He wrote:
“Audacity: Bandit on Tiktok flaunting and showing off ransom money he collected from his victims.“The user of the account has 3000 followers, some of them are bandits who openly show off their rifles and are dressed in military or police uniforms.“Tiktok platform has given room for insurgents to promote their campaign of terror without being restricted.”
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Recall that the Retired Archbishop of Enugu Anglican Diocese, Most Rev Prof Emmanuel Chukwuma revealed why the northern part of the country is plagued with banditry.
According to him, banditry is the punishment God sent to northerners for what they did to Igbos.
Chukwuma stated this during an interview with Vanguard.
Chukwuma added that the only thing that can stop it is if they apologize to Igbos.
He said;
“Gowon is very apologetic and that was why he started ‘Nigeria Praise’ and we have to commend him for that. That ‘Nigeria Praise’ was to revive the spirit of the people back from the Civil War and to reconcile people back to God and to go on with one Nigeria.
“Well, he has done it many times when he was doing ‘Nigeria Praise’; when he was moving around, he apologized but that’s not enough. The thing is that the Nigeria government should do that because the Nigeria Civil War dealt with us in Asaba, it was a real genocide and we’re asking for apology and more compensation as they do in other places. What is happening now in the whole of northern Nigeria – the banditry, kidnappings etc – is God’s punishment for what they did to us, yes! And until they apologize and ask for forgiveness, at no time will this banditry, kidnapping and killings stop. The blood of innocent people is crying and that’s what you are seeing there. So until they apologize and make some restitution, the banditry and mayhem you have in the North will not stop.”
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