I discouraged ransom payment until I was kidn+pped — Former DSS Director, Mike Ejiofor.

I discouraged ransom payment until I was kidn+pped — Former DSS Director, Mike Ejiofor.

Mike Ejiofor, a former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS) has said he used to discourage families of those who were kidn+pped from paying ransom until he became a victim of kidn+pping.

He said the spate of kidn+ppings can still be curtailed but the failure to address the insecurity is hinged on insufficient resources. Ejiofor said this in an interview with Vanguard, while reacting to the k#llings of traditional rulers by kidnappers in Ekiti and Kwara states.

He said, “It (insecurity) is not out of control but people are worried. I am worried. The issue is that we have not deployed sufficient resources to tackle the problem.”

Before I became a victim, I had often said people shouldn’t pay ransom. But that notion changed after I became a victim. He who feels it knows it. Unless you are not involved, you will do everything possible including payment of ransom to release your relative.