The Dean, Faculty of Social Science, Bowen University, Iwo, Prof. John Ayoade, has warned that personal information provided on the social media could be exploited by kidnappers to get their targets.
According to him, Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp, and email have become sources of required information and those who are unwary expose themselves. He stated this while delivering a paper titled, “The Challenge of Peace and Security in Times of Economic Recession: The Nigerian Experience,” during a workshop organised by the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, and African Peacebuilding Network of the Social Science Research Council, New York.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, said the topic was apt considering rising cases of conflicts in the world, especially Africa. Ayoade said, “The qualification for kidnapping is the ability to pay a huge ransom. Information is required for a successful operation and the recent communication explosion has aided the nefarious act.”
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