On 17th April, 2024 the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu while receiving the leaders of Afenifere, the respected Yoruba Socio-Cultural Organisation, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja boasted that banditry and kidnapping would be defeated, and their was no payment of ransom because they were taking the battle to the criminal elements, and they were getting results more rapidly than before.
According to Daily Trust, the President of Nigeria, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu said "I am irrevocably committed to the unity of Nigeria and constitutional democracy. Constitutional democracy has been reflected greatly here since we assumed office. What we face now is the challenge of terrorism. Security of life and property is very necessary for development. I can tell you we are achieving success. We have degraded terrorism to a level that they cannot threaten the sovereignty of Nigeria any longer. Banditry and kidnapping will be defeated. And there is no payment of ransom whatsoever. We are taking the battle to them. We are getting results more rapidly than before."
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu added that those who think they could threaten the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Nigeria would have themselves to blame, and they were not going to relent in their effort to tackle the issue of security challenges in the country.