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| I'll No Longer Mediate For Bandits— Sheikh Gumi |
| 2021-12-09 |
| [SAHARAREPORTERS] Controversial Islamic holy man, Ahmad Gumi, says he has quit mediating for armed bandidos following their declaration as murderous Moslems by the court. Gumi had visited bandidos in the forests in Zamfara and Niger states, taken medical services to them and has been urging the Nigerian government to grant them a general amnesty as was done for gunnies in the Niger Delta. Before he started his campaign, the Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, and his counterparts in Katsina, Aminu Masari, had engaged bandidos in their state in dialogue. But after the approach failed to end the menace, the governors endorsed military actions against the bandidos. Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and his Niger State counterpart, Abubakar Sani, have consistently opposed negotiating with the outlaws. Gumi had said his efforts in that campaign were for the sake of peace and economic prosperity of Nigeria, but lamented that the efforts have been sabotaged |
| Posted by:Fred |