By Correspondent.
Professor John Olatunde Alabi, the Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Kogi State University,has broken silence barely a week after he was rescued from his Kidnappers.
He said his 120 hours ordeal with his abductors, revealed that they were not really happy doing what they were doing but pushed to committing such henious crime, largely due to the country’s economic situation.
He stated this in a statement released by thenationonlineng, an online publication.
“Can you imagine a kidnapper asking you, ‘do you think I like what I’m doing?’he said.
Alabi recalled that one of his abductors told him that he graduated in 2018, but because he was unemployed, he came to Lagos to do okada (commercial motorcycle) business. Unfortunately after a while, the business was banned in the area and he was invited to Kogi to join a kidnapping syndicate.
“The other one said he had graduated for more than six years. He got employment with the state government during the last regime but was told that he was on the waiting list, so he had not been paid for four years.
“The third one said he dropped out of Kogi State University and asked if I could help him to get the institution’s certificate.
“The message they have for Nigerians is that our education system is in shambles. We produce graduates but we don’t match them with skills. They leave school but no job.
“Politicians engage them during elections, arm them and they cannot wait till the next election.
“They believe that our generation is corrupt. They can’t get jobs.
“They believe that our generation has failed them, and what we are seeing now is a tip of the iceberg, because youths are angry,”he added.
He said his abductors confirmed that they abducted him not because they had anything against him but to make a statement.
“One of them said he knew me; that he is a graduate of Kogi State University. I asked what department and he threatened to blow my head off,”he said.
Source:https://thenationonlineng.
