Controversial Islamic scholar and preacher, Sheikh Abubakar
Gumi, has called on clergymen to talk to Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday
Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, and the Indigenous People of Biafra
just as he does to bandits.
Gumi has recently been calling for negotiation with bandits,
saying it will end kidnapping and other criminality across the north and other
parts of the country.
He had earlier in the year met bandits in Niger State to
discuss the release of abducted students and teachers of Government Science
College, Kangara.
In a statement titled, ‘Declaring Bandits As Terrorists Will
Come With A Prize,’ Gumi stated that his mission has seen some bandits turn a
new leaf.
This is as he advised Igbo and Yoruba clergymen to speak
against the secessionist movements championed by IPOB and Igboho.
The statement read in part, “NE is already and is still
devastated by this madness for over 12 years. If we allow, terror, to set in
into these raw naïve unexposed bandits, NW will be in ruins sooner than later.
Already IPOB is destroying SE, and Igboho has set the ball of confusion rolling
in SW. For those who want to destroy the NW, it’s a good recipe. Turn bandits
into religious zealots. Tell me, what then remains of Nigeria?
“I have started to get these raw bandits out of their
misadventure but unfortunately, I have few helpers and a mountain of
antagonists. The psychology in fighting natives is to induce a motive for their
struggle if they don’t have one already, a motive that is manageable, and it is
so managed. Unfortunately, reactions to threat in our nation are always slow
and incoherent.
“I hope another Igbo clergy goes into the IPOB militants
likewise and talk sense into them, and another Pastor of Oduduwa land talks
against the Igboho secessionist tribal movement by way of sensitising people to
the values of a cohesive nationalism that will guaranty freedom, equality, and
justice for all. Religious forces can permeate hardened hearts where secular
forces cannot.
“Regrettably, people just sit down in the comfort of their
rooms or parlours and make useless passing comments that only add fuel to the
inferno of ethnic jingoism and bigotry. In the 21st century, Nigeria is
hijacked by semi-illiterates and half-baked tribal heroes that have nothing to
offer besides promoting tribal xenophobia. Nigeria has over 250 ethnic
groupings, it’s not possible to divide such a nation into tribal enclaves.
Nigeria is multi-religious, even with one same religion or sect there is no
harmony and understanding that can build a prosperous unified nation where tranquillity
and development will flourish. We are tired of these bogus destructive
fruitless slogans!
“Nigerians are in a daydream so long they act by nerval
impulses, not by the dictates of their cerebral cortex.”
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