Ahmad Gumi, a prominent Islamic cleric, has asked the
federal government to use ”bad bandits” to fight the “ugly ones”.
Speaking with The PUNCH, Gumi said many of the bandits are
willing to dialogue with the federal government and ready to surrender
themselves for use.
The cleric said the government needs to be “proactive with
them”.
“We are always trying to do our best, but you see, you need two hands to shake. You know these people (bandits) need engagements from the government itself,” he said.
“If you dialogue with
them without the involvement of the government, it is a problem. Government
needs to be proactive with them. We have a lot of them that are ready to fight
the bad ones.
“Use the bad to fight the ugly, and use the good to fight
the bad ones when you’re done with the ugly. Look at Boko Haram, who finished
Shekau? Was it not the splinter group? So, it is easy.
“All these agitations you see, if the government can do a
splinter group and the splinter group is empowered, every man wants power and
money, they will do your job.
“There are many ready
to submit themselves. All the ones you see me meeting in the bush, they are all
telling us, ‘we are ready’.”
Gumi has always called for a dialogue between the bandits
and the federal government.
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