A Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Ahmad Gumi says he cannot be arrested or prosecuted for dialoguing with bandits in the north.
It should be recalled that there has been growing calls for the Mohammed Buhari-led government to apprehend and prosecute Sheikh Gumi.
A group known as the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) stated that Gumi’s interaction with bandits was a treasonable offence that should be decisively dealt with.
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Responding to the various voices calling for his arrest, Ahmad Gumi said he cannot be arrested or prosecuted for interacting with bandits in the north.
But speaking in a chat with Daily Post, which was carefully monitored by Journal Reporters, Gumi stated that Kaduna and Zamfara states governors have also negotiated with bandits in the past and no one was arrested.
More so, the Islamic cleric disclosed that his communications with bandits were done in the presence of government officials.
When Gumi was asked to respond to those calling for his arrest, Gumi said: “Those are clowns, even the Kaduna State governor dialogued with them, Zamfara governor dialogued with them.
“I’m not the first person that started dialoguing with them (bandits). I only added value, and I find them to be religious; religion is the only thing that teaches you that blood has sanctity. So this is the religious angle.
I’m trying to gather them and teach them that there is sanctity to life. They cannot kill, rape and so on. This is the addition I hope will work. Note, I never visited these bandits without a government official, but they are in the background.
“All the bandits we met were with government officials, and that is why I said those calling for my arrest are clowns.”
Reviewed by Okenwa Chinedu
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March 11, 2021
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