kaduna state governments _ that case. kaduna state governments as - that case. kaduna state governments as they i that case. kaduna state i governments as they have that case. kaduna state - governments as they have a policy with a don't negotiate with criminals or pace ransoms. what you think of that? what comes from that? lgtgte what you think of that? what comes from that?— comes from that? we will be tra int comes from that? we will be praying for — comes from that? we will be praying for our _ comes from that? we will be praying for our nation, - praying for our nation, nigeria _ praying for our nation, nigeria. this- praying for our nation, nigeria. this nation. praying for our nation, nigeria. this nation is| nigeria. this nation is burning _ nigeria. this nation is burning l— nigeria. this nation is lturning-— nigeria. this nation is burnint. :, , :, burning. i also hope they have the way of _ burning. i also hope they have the way of getting _ burning. i also hope they have the way of getting the - the way of getting the criminals because if the

here in kaduna just last week, three university students were kidnapped. yes. so how can you tell their parents that their children were safer? i commiserate with the parents, i sympathise with them, but that will not change our stand. the only way to end kidnapping is for societies to stake a stand that we will not pay. i know the pain of losing children, but i have to subordinate that to the overall interest of the society which elected me to provide leadership. the nigerian government has long denied the links between criminal groups operating in north—western nigeria and the extremist group boko haram in the north—east. but in recent months, they have acknowledged that the two security crises may now be connected. we have to branches of islamic state active or building up here, and it's quite worrying, and this is why i said that the country is at war. this banditry is not some mere criminality, it is war, and the only way to deal with it is to launch a full—scale war against the bandits because the bandits and terrorists are linked, and they are one