Canada-Based UI Alumnus Writes Seyi Makinde, Proposes Solution To Oyo Hostage Crisis

Ebenezer Adurokiya, Reporting

‎A Canadian-based Nigerian and alumnus of the University of Ibadan (UI), Mr Niran Ajao, has proposed a simple but unconventional solution to the escalating hostage crisis in Oyo State: placing a cash bounty on kidnappers, with funds held in escrow by a neutral third party.

‎In a message sent to Governor Seyi Makinde via the governor’s official website, seyimakinde.com, Mr Ajao, a first class graduate of Computer Science from UI in 1990, argued that the approach, which he said was successfully used by ancient Yoruba kings and even led to the founding of Ogbomoso, could break the back of the state’s kidnapping epidemic.
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“There is a simple solution to Oyo State hostage problem. It is a solution that the ancient Yoruba kings used successfully. It is a solution that at least one guy in the Canadian underworld told me (years ago) would always work,” Mr Ajao wrote.
‎“Now, everyone knows it.”

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‎Mr Ajao, who is a Juris Doctor (J.D., cum laude) in Canada, proposed placing a $10,000 bounty on each kidnapper, payable only to any citizen who arrests a suspect together with at least one hostage.
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‎“If you can bring one kidnapper with at least one known hostage, you can go directly to a third party in charge of the escrow money, and get the money,” he explained.
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‎He suggested that the third party should be an embassy or a United Nations representative based in Nigeria, ensuring that successful claimants receive payment expeditiously without having to go through government bureaucracy.
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The alumnus drew a parallel with the founding of Ogbomoso, a historic Yoruba town, noting that similar bounty mechanisms had been deployed effectively in the past.
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He did not elaborate on the specific historical details but asserted that the method had long been known and proven.

“What is the solution? Put a bounty on the kidnappers, and put the bounty money in an escrow such that whoever satisfies the bounty’s conditions gets the money expeditiously without going through the government.

“I would put a $10,000 bounty on each kidnapper that any citizen can arrest together with at least one hostage.

“In other words, if you can bring one kidnapper with at least one known hostage, you can go directly to a third party in charge of the escrow money, and get the money.

“The third party should be an embassy or a United Nations’ representative based in Nigeria. That’s it,” he submitted.

In a chat with Stonix News on Thursday, ‎the tech guru confirmed that he had already forwarded his suggestion to Governor Seyi Makinde through the governor’s official website.

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‎”I just sent my suggestion to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, through his website, seyimakinde.com,” he affirmed.
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‎As of press time, the Oyo State Government had not issued an official response to the proposal.
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‎Stonix News reports that the state has witnessed a spate of abductions in recent weeks, including the kidnapping of schoolchildren and teachers, prompting renewed calls for innovative security measures.

While the bounty proposal has yet to gain formal traction, Mr Ajao, who didn’t underscore its implications if implemented, expressed confidence that the solution, if adopted, could swiftly dismantle kidnapping networks in the state, and perhaps the country.