Eleven days into the new year of 2021, an unusual tale of two kidnappers was told by the Nigeria Police spokesperson Frank Mba.
Mohammed Amodu, a fearsome kidnapper active in the capital city, fell victim to a kidnapping by a relatively unknown kidnapper, Buba Babu. The kidnappers received more than N1.6m ($3,300) in ransom to secure Amodu’s release.
The bizarre event of the kidnapper falling victim to his trade follows the recent kidnapping of more than 300 school boys a few kilometers away from where President Muhammadu Buhari had gone on his end-of-year vacation.
There are many signs that government efforts to fight criminality, kidnapping and rebel activity are not producing results.
Insecurity numbers
A few weeks prior to the school kidnapping, Boko Haram extremists admitted to killing more than 100 rice farmers in Borno State, in retribution for farmers cooperating with the Nigerian military. The attack, staged at a rice field in Garin Kwashebe, occurred on a local government councillor election day, the first to be held in 13 years since the extremists launched an insurgency in the area.
Data from SBM Intelligence shows that between January and November 2020, there were 142 incidents in the Boko Haram insurgency in north-east Nigeria, an average of 13 a month.

It has started getting worst

I think we should find the root cause of the high increase in n the rate of criminality. What exactly is causing it?
It's possible it's due to the poor economy and government policies

8BowlofFlour:
I think we should find the root cause of the high increase in n the rate of criminality. What exactly is causing it?
It's possible it's due to the poor economy and government policies

there are just three BASIC needs of man... in my order, food, shelter and clothing.
countries who have very low crime rate, have made sure these basic needs are in steady( irrespective of economy conditions) supply to their citizens.
bro you right, poor economy which gives birth to poverty( as a relative word) is a strong pointer in the rise of criminality.