Nigeria, April 7 -- In the annals of Nigeria's security failures, one incident will go down as both tragic and absurd: the fundraising campaign by retired and serving military officers to pay ransom for the release of a kidnapped Brigadier General.

According to a letter dated April 4th, 2025, Brigadier General MI Tsiga, abducted from his home in Tsiga Town, Katsina State, was freed only after a WhatsApp group named "TSIGA" - created by fellow military officers - successfully mobilized hundreds of contributors to meet the bandits' demand of 400 million naira.

Yes, you read that right - Generals raised money to pay bandits. Not through state power. Not with elite rescue squads. But with digital alms and bank transfers.

And who were the c...