Stop Negotiations: Use Tech to Hunt Oyo School Kidnappers in the Bush

Thirty-nine students and seven teachers are held captive, including a two-year-old child. A maths teacher has been beheaded. Yet talk turns to negotiation and opening channels of communication. These abductors are not rational actors. High on hard drugs and driven by violence, they won’t respond to appeals or pleas. Negotiating only encourages more kidnappings and signals that Oyo children are easy targets. The only language they understand is force supported by modern tools. Surveillance drones with thermal cameras can track heat signatures at night. Satellite communication links patrol teams in real time. Data-fusion systems map phone records, money trails and tips. AI pattern analysis predicts the next attack. The mission must be clear: hunt down the terrorists, free the hostages safely, neutralise armed men in the bush and bring those in custody to justice. Make kidnapping unprofitable by denying every naira of ransom and ensure the deterrent is absolute.

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