The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has advised prospective Corps members to inform their parents on possible payment of ransom incase of abduction while traveling through some dark spots in Nigeria.
This follows the increase of insecurity in the country and corps members have also in the past been victims of kidnapping on highways.
Kidnapping has become a sordid menace and a lucrative ‘enterprise’ in Nigeria as the West African nation’s security situation worsens.
The service corps gave this admonition in its security advisory handbook introduced in March 2021. Corps members were urged to inform their relatives about their journey before embarking on a road trip.
“Advise your friends involved in the negotiation they should be friendly and be prepared for the natural reaction of the shock. Take no rule by attempting to escape. DO NOT BE A HERO.”
“When travelling on high risk roads such as Abuja-Kaduna, Abuja-Lokoja-Okene or Aba-Port-Harcourt road, alert your family members, friends and colleagues in order to have someone on hand to pay off the ransom that could be demanded,” part of the warning read in page 58 and 59 of the handbook.
“Advise your friends involved in the negotiation they should be friendly and be prepared for the natural reaction of the shock. Take no rule by attempting to escape. DO NOT BE A HERO.”
