Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised the Federal Government to use the “carrot and stick” approach to fight insecurity to a standstill.

The Ex-President made this disclosure while hosting members of Tiv professionals Group (TPG) at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Wednesday May 5.

He also commented on paying ransom to Kidnappers, he disclosed that payment of ransom to Kidnappers is not limited to Buhari-led administration, although, those in power have always denied doing so, he urged them to develop a means to deal with kidnappers and bandits as against ransom payment.

He said;

“Government has always paid ransom. Not only this government, even during Jonathan (administration). They paid ransom, but they deny it.”

He re-emphasized the efficacy of using “carrot and stick” approach to fight insurgency and other criminal group to standstill.

Obasanjo added;

“Some people are still reaching out, and hoping that lives can still be saved. But a situation whereby anybody thinks paying ransom is the way out, that person is folly. He is a folly. This is because when you pay ransom, you encourage. But if you are not going to pay ransom, you must have the means to deal heavily with it. You must have the stick to deal with it.”