Bandits won’t surrender if they don’t feel safe – Sheik Gumi

Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has stated that bandits won’t surrender if they are not assured of their safety and rehabilitation. He said this whilst reiterating that they should be given amnesty in the same vein as the Niger Delta militants.

Gumi made the comment on Wednesday during a virtual event hosted by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies.

The cleric stated that he sees no reason why the government should not dialogue with the bandits who are willing to negotiate.

Gumi said: “Nobody can justify criminality, what we are saying is what we saw in the forest is an ethnic war going on between people in the forest and the neighboring villages and hamlets. When the herder felt he has grievances and nobody was listening to him, he took on weapons.

“So when we went there and they saw a listening ear, they were ready to negotiate, tell us their grievances, and ready to incorporate into the society. So in such a case, I see no reason why we should not have a dialogue with them.”

5 Comments

  1. this man is just saying nonsense…… if they refuse to surrender then they better be ready to loose their lives……

  2. Is it justifiable to be killing people with whatever happened, this man needs to be arrested of not he will continue to support them

  3. To be killing human fellow and be telling us that the government didn’t listen to their agitation, this is very bad with what you are saying

  4. U hope the government won’t spare this man also because he is saying thrash, human life is much more important than what he is saying

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