Former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy Isa Pantami has accused the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies of refusing to use the NIN-SIM policy to fight insecurity in the country.

Pantami stated this while responding to a question from an X user who wondered why so much money was spent on the policy, yet insecurity remained unabated.

The former minister said the application of the policy has been a major problem.

This was after the former minister disclosed that a friend of his had offered to pay N50 million of the N60 million ransom demanded by bandits who abducted Alhaji Mansoor Al-Kadriyar’s six children.

Reacting to the development on our breakfast talk show, The Big Story, Security Analyst Tunji Olanrewaju said the situation is heartbreaking.

He, however, condemned the approach of crowdfunding for ransom payment.