Insecurity: Bandits are tired, want peace – Sheikh Gumi
Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said that bandits want peace. He said they are tired and are ready to lay down their arms.
Gumi said they will do this if only they get a genuine partnership from the government.
He said this on Tuesday in a chat with DailyPost.
When asked if bandits were tired, Gumi said: “Yes, it’s very true because bandits are saying they were pushed into banditry by circumstances.
“If they have a genuine partner, they are ready to stop it; they are tired and want peace.
“As regards their ongoing activities, you realize that even when soldiers are fighting and a ceasefire is declared, it takes a long time before they stop fighting.
“We are able to see about 80 per cent of the big ones and then some small splinter groups which we could not meet because due to circumstances as we cannot go into the bush again.
“But generally, they are ready for peace, in fact, we have gathered their representatives, discussed with them, and they said they are ready but need a genuine partner. Politics is the cause of this issue, he said
These criminals have made schools in the Northern part of the country highly unsafe as Students and residents have been their primary targets.
You can be the intermediary between government and bandits and present their want for the government
Why is he talking like this, what of those ones that they have discussed and rehabilitated and later go back
Is that what Islam taught them they are doing? They should better repent before it’s too late
This is bad of them, what could have happened to them before engaging in this type of work?
you are not their spokeperson……… why don’t let them talks by themselves unless you are in league with them……..