A Kaduna-based Islamic scholar,
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Monday reiterated the need to grant bandits amnesty.
Gumi said bandits are going
nowhere until the Nigerian Government grants them amnesty like it did to the
Niger Delta militants.
The cleric, who has access to
bandits, disclosed this in a post on his Facebook page entitled: ‘Zamfara: The
Flaring Of Crisis.’
Gumi warned that military action
against armed herders would worsen the insecurity situation rather than solve
it.
Citing the incident in Afghanistan,
the Kaduna-based scholar insisted that no military, especially of a poor
economy, can win guerrilla warfare.
The statement reads partly: “By
2015, banditry has replaced cattle rearing that is becoming nearly impossible.
Drugs were introduced into the herdsmen that are known to be illiterates or
semi-illiterates.
“Just as we had the Niger Delta
conflict resolved with an amnesty which comes with reconciliation, reparation,
and rehabilitation packages, so will the herdsmen crisis be resolved. In fact,
there is a need for a Marshal plan to educate the nomadic pastoralist so that
no citizen is left behind.
“No military, especially of a
poor economy, can win guerrilla warfare. The recent victory of the Taliban in
Afghanistan is a factual warning for those that contemplate.”
Recently, Gumi had called on the
Nigerian Government to grant bandits blanket amnesty.
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ReplyDeleteIt is unmistakably evident that this cleric of a man is supporting banditry. He should go and preach to them to be be hardworking in any legal endeavors and Almighty God will bless them if they believe in him.(God). This cleric is not God fearing and he is just a dangerous hypocrite.
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