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KIDNAPPING AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA
Abstract
This paper examines the phenomenon of kidnapping in Nigeria with a view to underscore its implications for national security. This is against the backdrop of the rising incidence and prevalence of the crime in contemporary Nigeria. By way of qualitative analysis, predicated on secondary sources, the paper posits that kidnapping has been motivated and sustained by criminal quest for material accumulation. The paper adds that the situation has been compounded by the growing trend of criminal impunity in Nigeria wherefore the government’s capacity to sanction and deter crime is abysmal. The paper observes that kidnapping portends dangerously for Nigeria’s national security in view of its untoward impacts and implications. The paper submits that crimes like kidnapping would continue to prevail in Nigeria until pragmatic measures are taken to deter their occurrence as well as penalize their commission.
Keywords: Kidnapping; organized crime; queer ladder theory; national security; criminal impunity; kidnapping ransom value (KRV).