Nigeria’s Tinubu says country will no longer pay ransom to armed gangs

FILE - The remaining belongings of students abducted at Bethel Baptist High School are seen inside the school premises as parents wait for answers, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state, northwest Nigeria, July 14, 2021. FILE - Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu arrives for the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, in Paris, on June 23, 2023. FILE - Parents wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, on March 9, 2024.

Nigeria will no longer pay ransom to armed gangs that have plagued the country with kidnapping and extortion, President Bola Tinubu said in an opinion piece published Monday.