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Not our fault kidnappers are not tracked despite Comm Satellite, SIM, NIN — NCC

•One person owning 3,000 lines, another 1,000

Many times, people have wondered how the kidnappers and other bandits who are causing untold mayhem in the country, manage to get away, even after they are captured on videos, recorded on other devices and most of all when they make with their victims’ families.

Senate President of the Nigerian Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Henry Okunomo has expressed deep worry that in this age of tech advancement and the height Nigeria has attained in technological development, kidnappers could make with a victim’s families without being rounded up by security agents the next minute.

A worried Okunomo who appeared on television recently to discuss the issue of his abducted colleagues, appeared frustrated and clearly expressed dissatisfaction with the way security agencies are handling the matter.

He said: “I am not satisfied with the way security agencies are going about the matter. The government cannot tell me there is no other way this kidnapping thing can be nipped in the bud. After all, there are several measures already in place, why are they not working?”

The measures Okunomo was referring to, included the SIM card registration which the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC carried out in 2011; the Nigerian Identity Number, NIN enrolment, which the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC began in 2015; the NIN-SIM Registration exercise which the Federal government carried out in 2020, involving the NCC, NIMC and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN; and even the NigComSat-1R Communications satellite which the country shot into the orbit since 2012.

These measures, according to the government, were mainly to improve National Security by strengthening the capacity of Law Enforcement Agencies to tackle criminal use of mobile phones by checkmating activities of criminals. They were also to help simplify verification process and thus enable more secure transactions and interactions using mobile devices boosting confidence and participation in the digital economy; and also to improve governance and service delivery by providing accurate data for policymaking, facilitate secure access to E-government services online, as well as aiding in the implementation of social programs

However, despite all these measures, bandits, and kidnappers operate recklessly. Victims’ s at different times suggest that either the measures are not effective or someone in a position of taking action is complicit in the crimes.

In Zamfara State, a kidnap victim, Mallam Yushau Jangeme, was reported to have said security agents in his village, Jangeme, did nothing to trace the telephone calls of the bandits who kidnapped him. According to the publication, Jangeme said, at the time bandits kidnapped seven people in his village and he was ed to bring ransom before they could be freed.

According to him, when he got to the forest to give kidnappers N1.4m out of N3m demanded, they detained him, saying he must bring the remaining N1.6m. All these happened irrespective of him having made available the phone numbers of his kidnappers to security agents before heading into the bush.

Everywhere, the story is the same. A public affairs commentator, Mr Chike Ogbu, who also expressed dissatisfaction with the way security agents are handling the case of the abducted medical students, said he could not understand the sense of SIM registration or its link with NIN when people could make ransom calls and not getting arrested with all the data that were supposed to accrue from the registrations.

He said: “We have had all manner of SIM activity registrations in this country. We have had Identity registrations and we have a communications satellite. Which one of them is not functioning or which agency of government is not releasing sensitive information necessary for picking these renegades? What is actually the problem, or are our security agents complicit?” he queried.

One of the reasons the NCC took a hard stance on the deadline for NIN-SIM linkage was to fulfil its objective to clean the country’s SIM ownership database and ensure that criminals could not take advantage of having multiple unlinked SIMs to carry out their nefarious activities. Yet, the situation appeared not to have abated.

But the Commission insists the fault is not from its end. A top official at the Commission who craved anonymity told Saturday Vanguard: “Yes, we were adamant on the deadline of the NIN-SIM linkage because of several dangerous security trends we discovered. Our resolve hinged on the need to close in on the chaos of untoward ownership of multiple SIM cards with unverified NIN details. We had instances where a single individual had over 10,000 lines linked to his NIN. In some cases, we have seen a single person with 1,000 lines, some 3,000 plus lines. What were they doing with these lines?

“From our interim findings, the owners of these lines did not purchase them for decent purposes or to undertake legitimate activities. We gave them enough time to make the decision of which of their lines they wanted to keep and discard the others. They did not. All lines in this category with unverified NINs were barred.

“On the issue of kidnappers making calls to victims’ families without being traced, I don’t think that power is residual in our hands. What we know is that whatever the security agents have sought from us, as far as the national security question is concerned, we have always given to the best of our ability. Our duty is not to track and arrest people who make calls rightly or wrongly the source added.

Also, a reliable satellite Engineer at the Nigerian Communications Satellite Company, NIGCOMSAT LTD, who didn’t want his name mentioned, told Saturday Vanguard that the onus of taking action on whatever the communications satellite reveals, in of crimes, is squarely at the doorsteps of the security agencies, adding that, the door of the company has always been open to them for valuable information that aid their operations
He said: “One of the misconceptions about our satellite is people believing that it will snap photos or record videos of crime scenes and send them to security agents, but that is not how it works.

“Although NigComSat -1R is a communications satellite, it is not equipped with cameras. It gathers data and digital footprints which on demand, we usually make available to security agencies that can also read and interpret them effectively. So people should not think that because crimes are happening unabated, the satellite is not working or performing its duties” he added.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2024/08/not-our-fault-kidnappers-are-not-tracked-despite-comm-satellite-sim-nin-ncc/amp/

Lol

nlfpmod

It's actually my fault, not your own.

It's the fault of the palm trees in my community

Its the Fault of NTA

Of course, it is not the duty of NCC to track down and arrest criminals.

It is the duty of police,DSS, NIA and other security agencies who are currently useless. They can track journalists but can't track criminals. That shows you that security is never a priority in Tinubu's government.

A husband to a relative of mine was kidnapped in AkwaIbom, he spent about 3 weeks in the den of the kidnappers. The ransom was not even paid in cash. It was transferred to bank , not a lump sum but paid in installments within 3 weeks.


But these useless police/DSS will be chasing journalists, labour leaders for nothing.


They have the equipment to track it. But they don't want to use it. Na 150 billion naira airplane be their priority.

So whose fault it is then?

Ended up saying nothing, whose fault is it

Who's fault? Nigerians abi.. Foolz

The most useless Intelligence agencies in the world are the DSS and the NIA.

Religious sentiment wouldn't allow Nigeria to collaborate with MOSSAD and the CIA by tapping through their satellite spying imagery and cyber intelligence like UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are doing.

See talk

I solemnly accept responsibility....

Wait a minute, did he actually said this? Nigeria is gone and nothing will ever redeem this country back to normal again.

Other developed country, on the spot the location, building is showing when tracked, and they terrorist picked up.

Any terrorism attack that last 24hrs in Nigeria, the government hands is involved. QED

DSS that was once a respected force has now reduced to excorting celebrity and politicians children. Nigeria is gone. My children will not witness Nigeria

LadyExcellency:
The most useless Intelligence agencies in the world are the DSS and the NIA.

Religious sentiment wouldn't allow Nigeria to collaborate with MOSSAD and the CIA by tapping through their satellite spying imagery and cyber intelligence like UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are doing.

These guy can easily trapped, they are devices now that can easily tell how many metre you are away from gun, take those devices to the forest you and get their location and kill them

News without a source but you guys up there are just masticating seriously...
Tinubu you do this one o!

Yes its not your fault. How can it be your fault? It's the fault of those university professors who assist incompetent people by rigging them into power.

AcuraZDX:
Its not our fault kidnappers are not tracked despite Comm Satellite, SIM, NIN — NCC

You are very STUPID to post such a senseless thing with no context or expansion.

But you found his picture to post?

Was that all the man said?

“It’s not our fault”.

That’s it?

You just posted something with no explanation just so that people could abuse and insult the man.

You are idiocy personified.

They could track sponsors of endbadgovernance protest, track journalists who wrote articles about fashola etc, track Yahoo boys but can't track bandits 😅😅🤣🤣🤣


Now I believe tinubu and matawale are truly sponsoring bandits, nothing you wan tell me

Rossikk:


You are very STUPID to post such a senseless thing with no context or expansion.

Was that all the man said?

You just posted something with no explanation just so that people could abuse and insult the man.

You are idiocy personified.

what mini explanation do you need

You are more stupid for attacking the messenger instead of the message, there is no excuse whatsoever for them not to be able to track these people, the same agencies that tracked Nigerian and freeze their s, upon suspicion of sponsoring protest in Nigeria, or the same agency that track journalists for writing articles in certain lights

Gadafii:
what mini explanation do you need

You are more stupid for attacking the messenger instead of the message, there is no excuse whatsoever for them not to be able to track these people, the same agencies that tracked Nigerian and freeze their s, upon suspicion of sponsoring protest in Nigeria, or the same agency that track journalists for writing articles in certain lights

Low IQ animal.

NO. I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.

I know he did not just say “it’s not our fault”, and walk away.

You think I’m one of these cretins you can manipulate?

Show us the FULL TEXT of what he said!

Don’t speak or explain on his behalf. You are not qualified to, so shut up.

Rossikk:


Low IQ animal.

NO. I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.

I know he did not just say “it’s not our fault”, and walk away.

You think I’m one of these cretins you can manipulate?

Show us the FULL TEXT of what he said!

Don’t speak or explain on his behalf. You are not qualified to, so shut up.

If your own IQ is good enough, you could have used 20 seconds to get the source from Google. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2024/08/not-our-fault-kidnappers-are-not-tracked-despite-comm-satellite-sim-nin-ncc/amp/

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BeardedmeatR:
News without a source but you guys up there are just masticating seriously...
Tinubu you do this one o!

Even without a source, why can't you be smart with your smartphones.
It takes about 20 seconds to get the source on Google. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2024/08/not-our-fault-kidnappers-are-not-tracked-despite-comm-satellite-sim-nin-ncc/amp/

Rossikk:


Low IQ animal.

NO. I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.

I know he did not just say “it’s not our fault”, and walk away.

You think I’m one of these cretins you can
Show us the FULL TEXT of what he said!

Don’t speak or explain on his behalf. You are not qualified to, so shut up.

manipulate?nothing he has to say can justify why they can't track bandits

I know you are braindead like him tho, if you weren't you would attack the messenger, instead you would have made your own finding

Gadafii:
manipulate?nothing he has to say can justify why they can't track bandits

I know you are braindead like him tho, if you weren't you would attack the messenger, instead you would have made your own finding

SHUT UP. LET US BE THE JUDGE.

POST WHAT HE SAID, NOT JUST THE PART THAT MAKES HIM LOOK BAD.

SATANIC BEINGS YOU.

I have just read the full text, and NO WONDER the op left it out.

The poor man whose picture he posted there says that they have provided any tracking information required of them by the security agencies, but that it is the job of the security agencies to act on the information, not the NCC.

………………..


You agenda-driven posters really need to get a life!

Very useless set of human beings!

Scum of the earth!

COMRADES, NIMC is complicit in the current insecurity bedeviling Nigerians

Let the blame game begin

Pantami really stressed Nigerians for nothing.

In the end, what nin/bvn achieved is giving more power to government to track individuals they don't like, and not actual criminals.

Pantami is a complete fool.