President Muhammadu Buhari has, for the umpteenth time, assured that cases of banditry and violent attacks on innocent Nigerians will soon be a thing of the past.

For most people, the thought of kidnappers sends shivers down their spine. The image of a kidnapper in their mind is that of a hulk, blood shot eyed unsmiling guy. But when Saturday vanguard met with three kidnappers in one of the safe houses where they were being kept by the Inspector General of Police special team set up to track down and arrest kidnappers across the country, what we saw were men who are ordinary mortals, begging to be given a second chance to live normal lives again. While two of the three kidnappers are in their twenties, the oldest amongst them is a forty five year old husband of three wives and eleven children. Saturday Vanguard spoke with them on their lives as kidnappers.

TO combat insecurity, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has called for establishment of Fulani Youth Vigilante body in the South-East to complement those in their host communities’ and other constituted security apparatus in the zone.

FOLLOWING the abduction of Dayo Adewole, son of immediate past Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, Tuesday, Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Shina Olukolu and scores of policemen yesterday stormed the farm where he was whisked away by his abductors.

The United Nations has said that land degradation and competition over access to land and water have triggered more bloody conflicts in Nigeria than Boko Haram.