Listening to the narrative of grabbed individuals for custom purposes or for a payment is aggravating and numerous simply express gratitude toward God it isn't them and implore against it.
Reality however is that with unsafe components that complete these devious demonstrations wandering uninhibitedly amongst us, everybody is at danger. Here is the tale of a young fellow, Timothy Lawani, 25, a broker at Suleja circuitous range, who was hijacked for custom reason yet survived the difficulty.
Lawani, in a meeting with LEADERSHIP Weekend, said it was God that spared him after he was seized, attached up and was to be relinquished in Kano.
The episode happened at around 4am on January 14, 2015. Lawani went outside his family house at Old Barracks, Suleja to ease himself, when abruptly he heard somebody call his name.
Strolling towards a red Volkswagen Golf stopped behind his home, he was astounded to see an old companion, Friday, easily situated in the auto coaxing on him with two strong men.
Portraying his story, Lawani said, "In my befuddled state, I welcomed them.
One of them held me and the other splashed a powder all over.
That was the exact opposite thing I could recall. I later saw myself in an expansive corridor with other young fellows who were tied up.
The hijackers continued conveying other individuals to go along with us.
At times, they even offered us sustenance to eat which we all can't. They then said, whether we ate or not, we would kick the bucket all things considered.
"Following two days, we were made to put on white clothes and join a line. I saw that any individual who goes out never returns; I was so terrified.
When the ball was in my court, I went outside, saw an extensive pool of water like swimming pool and a man remaining by the side droning mantras.
He later requested the gatekeepers to take me inside that they were not needing somebody like me."
Proceeding with, Lawani said, "In my vicinity, the man approached Friday who occurred 40 minutes after the fact. Subsequent to letting him know that I was not satisfactory for their customs, Friday began lashing me cruelly.
He then requested the men to take me out, however not before the ritualist got irate, and requested the powerful men to acquire Friday for penance my place.
I heard him beseech them to give him only 30 minutes to empower him bring someone else, however the man said there was no time.
"With Friday's situation is dire, the man started droning mantras once more. This time, I saw crocodiles leaving the water.
Friday was then tossed inside, the reptiles devoured him. I was not myself in view of seeing blood and how such substantial reptiles gobbled up an entire person.
The man later requested the men to toss me out, that I was futile to them.
They showered a powder all over again and I got to be oblivious.''
On how he returned to his detects, Lawani reviewed that he was shielded by a Hausa man who saw him meandering in Gomoja zone of Kano State.
After supplications to God were offered for him for around three days, he recaptured awareness however couldn't talk.
It was then he recorded his dad's telephone number which he effectively recollected and with which they used to achieve his family, that had been hunting hysterically down him.
Initiative Weekend later learnt from his senior sibling, Theophilus Lawani, that his companion sold him to the criminals for N150,000. Theophilus further uncovered that before the Hausa man called them from Kano, Lawani's companion sent them a few messages, instructing them to overlook him for offering his companion.
"Indeed, even before we got the content from Friday, we reported the case at A division Police Station in Suleja, however the Policemen requested the aggregate of N70,000 with a specific end goal to begin examination.
Since we don't have such sum, we turned to supplications to God, and God addressed us. We have chosen to take my sibling for further supplications to God in Kaduna," Theophilus expressed.
All endeavors by LEADERSHIP Weekend to talk with the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of A Division was worthless at this very moment alluded to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the base camp in Minna.
Then, a Police officer who argued namelessness, said there have been a few occurrences of hijacking inside and outside the state, yet the police have attempted to reduce the rate by examining and capturing suspects.
Giving tips on how individuals could keep themselves from being hijacked, he said, "Individuals should be vigilant anyplace they are. A separated target is simpler to get.
It is better for individuals to be reinforced by being in gatherings. Prisoner takers would need to work harder to grab individuals from a gathering than to hijack a person. Individuals ought to additionally attempt to instantly report any abduct case around them to the closest police headquarters."
As per a security master, Bashir Wole, individuals ought to be extremely mindful at whatever point they interact with any outsider.
"Individuals should turn out to be more ready and perceiving to shield themselves from being captured.
Government additionally needs to accomplish all the more regarding recognizing, capturing and rebuffing hijackers, such that the seriousness of the discipline would prevent others from participating in such.
"There must be implementation and discipline that can deflect individuals from going into capturing. In the event that individuals are rebuffed, perhaps by the death penalty, others would presume that it is not justified, despite all the trouble.
The criminal equity framework must work. The reason abducting is lucrative in Nigeria is exemption; individuals think they can do it and escape with the wrongdoing.
The trepidation of the terrible discipline ought to be such that will keep individuals from further perpetrating the wrongdoing."
The overall population is encouraged to regard to exhortation from security specialists and the Police by being ready and security cognizant to evade timothy's experience.
We ought to all figure out how to be security cognizant wherever we goes.
Source: Leadership
