HAPPENING NOW ! Fire Guts Kaduna Residence of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi (video)

Fire today, gutted the Kaduna residence of controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi.

The source of the fire is not yet known but the footage posted by the cleric on his Facebook page shows that the fire is still raging

In an apparent sober mood, Gumi captioned the video; “To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return. Right now the house of Malam Sheikh Dr Ahmad Gumi is on fire right where Kulliyatul Banaat is.”

The cleric is famed to be sympathetic to the campaigns of the bandits and terrorist groups in the country and has on several occasions, urged government not to tag them as criminals but rather, grant them amnesty.

The cleric conducts frequent visits to the bandits in their forest hideouts where he urges them to embrace peace.

However, following the federal government order which proscribed the bandits as terrorists, Gumi said he would have nothing to do with them again.

He said the declaration of bandits as terrorists by the federal government has made it difficult for clergymen like him to intervene in the current security situation.

Sheikh Gumi who was responding to President Muhammadu Buhari-led government declaration of bandits as terrorists said the declaration was coming at a time the bandits were willing to negotiate.

He, however, noted that going by the recent declaration by the federal government, he will no longer engage the bandits.

“We do not want to push the bandits beyond what they are presently doing because it can get worse. Why are you rushing to declare them terrorists when they are willing to negotiate?”

Gumi added, “The remaining door of negotiating with them are the clerics, but the door is now closed. I will not contact them again because that would mean one is aiding terrorists.”

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