Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has
reiterated his call for bandits and herdsmen to be granted amnesty.
Gumi said bandits were ready to lay down their arms, hence
the Federal Government should grant them amnesty.
He explained that granting bandits amnesty would stop
further bloodshed and hostilities in the North.
The cleric spoke at the enrolment of the third group of
students into the free orphans’ healthcare and education support programme
organised by the Kawo Islamic Foundation in Kaduna.
He urged the Federal government to educate and provide
bandits with funds after granting them amnesty.
According to Gumi: “If there is anything that can stop the
shedding of blood, it is better just like what happened with the Niger Delta
militants, they were shedding blood and vandalising pipelines, but where they
were ready to drop their weapons with an amnesty that will take care of them, I
think the same thing can apply to herdsmen.
“We have met them and they are ready to put down their arms,
but when they put down their arms if you do not educate them and provide them
with funds to take care of them, they will go back to the same old ways.
“Still, we call for amnesty and stopping all hostilities
because we know how we can deal with it peacefully.”
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