[size=18pt]ALAIGBO RANKED 4TH GLOBALLY IN HOSTAGE TAKING[/size]

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The American Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has given Nigeria the fourth position in its global ranking in Hostage taking and kidnapping.

The FBI did not disclose the three countries ahead of Nigeria in the ranking, but it explained that the cases of hostage taking across the world have been under-reported.

Speaking in Lagos at a lecture organized by the Hubert H Humbert Fellowship Program Alumni Annual lecture at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), an FBI agent, Ms Jennifer Dent, disclosed the ranking of Nigeria as number four in the world in hostage taking in Lagos, also identified Nigeria as the greatest threat to cyber security in Africa.

[size=18pt]Hostage taking in Nigeria assumed a frightening dimension in the wake of the militancy in the Niger Delta, leading to incessant kidnapping of expatriates working with oil firms and affluent Nigerians or their relations.
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[size=18pt]Commercial hostage takers kidnapping people later emerged and the scourge spread to the south-east[/size].

According to local news agency, The Vanguard, Dent shared the story of how her experiences in Nigeria has been quite unlike any other, having worked in nine different African countries including Rwanda.

Posted to Nigeria in 2009, Dent recalled how her first Christmas vacation in the United States was rudely interrupted by a call with the unexpected news: A Nigerian youth, Farouk Abdulmutallab, had just attempted to detonate an explosive on board a Detroit, USA bound aircraft on Christmas day.

The FBI agent said the experience of the September 11, 2001 bombings of the World Trade Center in New York had people blaming the lack of cooperation of the various security agencies for the mishap. That consciousness, according to her, is therefore brought to bear upon the training provided to Nigerian security personnel by the FBI working in Nigeria. Fielding questions, Dent gave kudos to the EFCC, whom she said has been working tirelessly to improve Nigeria’s image.

Another United States Consulate official who spoke in a lecture entitled The Challenges of Law Enforcement in Nigeria: Taming the culture of Impunity, was its regional security officer, Brian Buchnam, whose previous international postings included Haiti, Iraq and Rwanda, where he worked with Dent. Bucknam also shared his experiences while working in the police in the United States, saying working in the police department of a major city is “nothing like the movies in Hollywood”. He concluded, however, that nothing prepared him for the “Al Qaeda in Lagos”.

According to him, many officers join the police force with great passion only to have it diminished fifteen years down the line due to frustration. Furthermore, he expressed faith in the Nigeria Police, and enjoined fresh entrants to “Join the police for a higher purpose”.

“We have a lot of power. We can arrest people, we can kill people if it is justified, therefore we have to remember that with great power comes great responsibility… Character is what you do when no one is looking. Let it mean something if you make an oath. Police is a direct reflection of the community”. He added that police in a modern society needs a lot of skills because their job requires them to wear a lot of hats in different situations, including those of a doctor and marriage counselor.


http://www.channelstv.com/global/news_details.php?nid=30141&cat=Local

I sure wuda luv to knw the first three

a) Some place in Afghanistan
b) Some place in mexico
c) And probably some other place in mexico . . . .

It does not matter what position, this is bad.

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i have begining to believe the US is on mission to distroy Nigeria!!!

rubbish!!

pakistan;colombia,ur advance brazil;somalia;etc couldnt get any better

god pass dem!!

the really see united Nigeria as a threat!!

with time their intention will be obvious!!

god pass dem

lmao,


na the US dey kidnap your own people and pocketing the ransom,


It's never their fault, it's always other people

When was the last time I quoted you or offered your idiocy any attention on NL?


Just to let you know, you are one of the worthless scum bags I ignore on NL.

No wonder I ignore this can't read and comprehend re-tard. Are you finding it difficult to read and comprehend the highlighted?


Just to let you know, you are one of the worthless scum bags I ignore on NL.

this is hard to believe. What hostage cases have we heard about, that took us to number 4? Iffy iffy.

Oh. . . .  all those kidnapping cases.[size=18pt] Lawd have mercy.[/size] Christmas don come o, we go reach number 2 when Dec comes.

That's why I say Ekiti anyday

Just the shit the USA government and people are doing officially is enough to make Nigeria's problems look like child's play. These guys are big a*ss jokers.

^^ Tell that to my uncle to who lost his wife 3 years ago to senseless violence and almost got kidnapped on his way back from calabar some months ago. Grow a brain and stop differing blame for what is is right in front of you and obvious failures of those you call leaders.

Gbam

Gaddammit! We are proud, we won medals in kidnapping and hostage taking.

^^^

Why are you getting so emotional.


Time of the month?

Odikwa serious

There are some places I wouldnt be cut dead in (pun intended).
keep on coming with the warnings, Western World, I need to know where to step my foot in whenever I visit Naija

Wouldnt surprise me if Mexico Govt and the Italian Mafia gives a warning against visiting nigeria.

Rhino.5dm:

Gaddammit! We are proud, we won medals in kidnapping and hostage taking.

Thanks to our ibo and Niger deltan brothers who have taken kidnapping as a means of survival.cursed tribes !

What does "odikwa" mean? 'very' in Igbo or something?

I've heard the phrase "odikwa risky" before and seem to have guessed wrongly at its meaning.

~Bluetooth:

Thanks to our ibo and Niger deltan brothers who have taken kidnapping as a means of survival.cursed tribes !

STFU YOU LOSER! Bastar.ds!

jason123:

STFU YOU LOSER! Bastar.ds!

una for leave Nigerdelta out of this assault! see trouble!

jason123:

STFU YOU LOSER! Bastar.ds!

You guys have tarnished nigeria name and that is the bitter truth you should live with !

Bliss4Lyfe:



Niger delta started it maybe out of frustration but ibos commercialized it !
una for leave Nigerdelta out of this assault! see trouble!

~Bluetooth:

You guys have tarnished nigeria name and that is the bitter truth you should live with !

joblessness!! na disease. Bluetooth hating is now a full time job for u? SMH!

Bliss4Lyfe:

joblessness!! na disease. Bluetooth hating is now a full time job for u? SMH!

I don't hate ibos,i'm just being sincere with the real truth.as per job level,i work in alaba market.

~Bluetooth:

You guys have tarnished nigeria name and that is the bitter truth you should live with !

If not Niger Delta, where una for de see money tif? De money una tif sote, we de among di most corrupt kontri's of di World. I hail una!
Especially, as the last time I like looked all states were begging for the money sourced in the Niger Delta; dude, you should build a shrine to engage in family worship of those who put your bread on the table.

What does your state produce?

instead of findin a way 2 call our govt 2 order so as 2 solve d prblm instead doin usual regional bashin. Nigeria is d place where d govt expect pple 2 be law abidin and blamin dem 4 dia own insecurity. Whether d rankin is 2 high does not eliminate d fact dat there are many un reported cases in d media.

The poor ranking is a call that the average Nigerian would be deaf to. We will just carry on being a wicked society where every neighbour is corrupt and where everyone points fingers at others, but no one is ready to roll up their sleeves.

I would put them in the following order.

1. Mexico
2. Somalia
3. Dunno
4. Nigeria