No editorial checks on this article yet

This article is not approvedThe content of this article is not verified by the editorial team of Africanews.com. Read our editorial requirements to see the criteria we use to decide if we publish an article on the homepage of Africanews.

Nigeria: Nollywood Actor Blame Politicians for His Abduction

  1. Posted on Friday 21 August 2009 - 16:48
    tamsgogo
    Image of tamsgogo
    A popular Nigerian actor and chairman Nigeria Rebranding committee Chief Pete Edochie had blamed Nigeria politicians whose activities had aggraviated Nigeria youths and made him a victim of kidnappers. He was speaking shortly after he was released after he had spent three days with his abductors who abducted him at Nkpor on his way to Asaba, Delta.

    He said the incidents that keep recurring in the north are not religious disturbances; they manifest themselves as violent civil disobedience but actually, those insurrections are inspired by hapless circumstances. What presents itself as irredeemable poverty and people who are victims of this poverty are the people who are easy to manipulate.

    So politicians use them to wreak havoc on the people and because the Christians are giving to erecting buildings, establishing industries and whatever, they are the people who suffer a lot as a result of these disturbances. It is not as though they are the prime target but when people have condemned to irretrievable poverty, the person becomes desperate and resorts to violence as a result of desperation.

    When these children do these things, capture any of them and ask why they are doing this, they will tell you that they were given some money to go and do this, because on their own, they don't benefit from going to burn houses and churches.

    These young men who took me captive a couple of hours, told me that the government don't take their plight into consideration, that the only way people seem to make money in this country is by getting into politics and once you get into politics, you don't give a dam about any other person; that politicians spend all the money; buy all the cars; go overseas anytime they like. So, they decided it's high time they stop this and that they are not interested in killing anybody unless you constitute a violent impediment.

Latest News

  1. AFCON: 46 hurt in Zambia victory celebrations09/02Over 40 casualty cases were recorded Wednesday night at Zambia's University Teaching Hospital (UTH) after post-match celebrations turned violent …
  2. African Peer Review Mechanism making progress08/02In 2003 the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the continental development plan, initiated the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM…
  3. Combating HIV infections among African women08/02With a lack of knowledge and power, African women continue to bear the brunt of HIV infections.
  4. Legume cultivation booms in Western Kenya07/02Small Holder Farmers (SHFs) who traditionally relied on seed companies for all their seeds are now bulking their own legume seeds for their farms.
  5. Malawi vendors chase out Chinese07/02Vendors in Kalonga, the Northern district of Malawi, on Wednesday petitioned the District Commissioner to flash out all Chinese nationals who are doin…
  6. Zim: Informal sector urged to join HIV battle05/02While the Harare City council is busy engaging in running battles with city vendors, Health Minister has called for authorities to devise ways to form…
  7. Elections: Wole Soyinka warns Mugabe, Wade03/02The Nigerian Nobel Prize winner for literature said heads of states who are trying to cling to power suffer the same fate as the dictators who were sw…
  8. AU elections rescheduled for June in Malawi01/02Following a deadlock during Monday's African Union elections, with a tie between former wife to South African president Jacob Zuma, Home Affairs …
  9. Senegal in turmoil as protest intensifies01/02Hundreds of anti-government protesters Tuesday gathered in the central Dakar, Senegal to show their dissatisfaction over the incumbent president Abdou…
  10. Zimbabwe’s inflation still favourable -…01/02Zimbabwe's annual headline inflation still compared favourably with economies in the region, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono said o…
  11. AFCON 2012: Sudan qualifies after four decades31/01The Sudanese national team has sealed a historic win over the Stallions of Burkina Faso.
  12. Senegalese opposition to intensify protests31/01Opposition and civil society groups in Senegal have vowed to increase their fight against incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade's presidential bid.
  13. Malawi: Rights coalition condemn stripping of…30/01The 39 members of the Solidarity for African Women's Rights Coalition based in 18 African countries have vehemently condemned the stripping of wo…
  14. Kenya to deworm five million children annually30/01Kenya launched the second phase of its national deworming programme at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012, aiming to treat 5 million childre…
  15. Benin’s Yayi Boni is AU’s new…30/01President Yayi Boni of Benin Republic has been elected chairperson of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa
News archive