Ask FG to refund your ransom, Falana enlightens kidnap victims

Femi Falana, Nigeria’s human rights lawyer, has said the Federal government is responsible to refund monies extorted from victims abducted across the country.

The rights advocate advised victims of kidnap who paid ransoms to secure their release to approach the government to refund them.

He said, “To Nigerians who pay ransoms, please ask the government to refund the money. If the government does not refund the money, we must have a test case. Nigerians must challenge the government. The government has to pay instead of private people. Then, the government will know it has a duty to protect citizens.”

“Kidnapping is not limited to the South-West; it is a national phenomenon. Banditry, terrorism, armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent crimes have to be addressed holistically by the government and that is the only way to stop some of these diversionary tactics going on all over the place. People attacking one another, (and doing) ethnic profiling. It is the responsibility of the government to protect

He added, “The Federal Government or the Presidency must not give the impression that some Nigerians are superior to another. The government must protect the lives and property of every citizen. That is the only way to show that the government is fair and just to the entire country.”

He is the father of Falz, a popular Nigerian rapper, singer, online comedian and actor and husband to Nigerian women’s rights activist Funmi Falana. He belongs to many professional bodies: West African Bar Association, Member, Nigerian Bar Association and Member, West African Bar Association, Member, Pan African Lawyers Union and Member, International Bar Association.