For alleged romance with bandits/terrorists, a civil society
organisation, under the auspices of Coalition for Peace In Nigeria (COPIN), has
advised the Department of State Services (DSS), to without hesitation, arrest a
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi.
COPIN opined that owing to Gumi’s persistent call on the
federal government to grant the terror elements amnesty, he should ordinarily
be a person of interest.
Pharmacist Emeka Akwuobi and Hajiya Fatih Yakub, the National
Coordinator and the Secretary of the group, respectively, in a joint statement
issued on Wednesday, said that Sheikh Gumi had a lot of explanations to offer
on the activities of bandits, especially those operating within the North West
area.
The group vehemently insisted on the immediate arrest,
interrogation and prosecution of the Islamic scholar, while commending the
secret service on the professional manner it has handled the arrest of an
acclaimed kidnapped Abuja/Kaduna train passengers’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu.
According to the statement, it is more so that Mamu, the
bandits’ negotiator, is the undisputed spokesperson for the Kaduna-based
influential Islamic cleric.
The group believed that apprehension of Gumi is fundamental
to a peaceful election, as he would provide the service with
credible/actionable intelligence on the actual locations, and modus operandi of
the terrorists, culminating in their arrest.
The group said should the intelligence agency fail to invite
Gumi for an interview, it would organise a peaceful protest in Abuja, and other
cities in the country.
According to the statement, “We have watched with keen
interest the provocative tendencies of Sheikh Gumi, especially as they relate
to the activities of bandits/terrorists operating within the the North West
general area.”
The group noted with concern Gumi’s call for grant of
amnesty to terrorists, who have killed and maimed thousands of urarmed
civilians, including women and children, lamenting that of particular interest
is the kidnap of the Abuja/Kaduna train passengers by the terrorists in April
this year, with many of whom still being held under terrible conditions.
Consequently, COPIN demanded the immediate arrest and
interrogation of Gumi who it said by now, “should be a person of interest to
all intelligence and law enforcement agencies.”
It said it would not hesitate to mobilise for peaceful
protests in strategic cities, including Abuja, if the DSS failed to invite the
Islamic Cleric for interview on all he knows about bandits/terrorists holding
the North West States, and parts of North Central, to ransom.
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