Prominent Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has announced that Nigerian Government declaration of bandits as terrorists means nothing and will not change anything.
Gumi made this known in a statement by his Media Consultant and Dan-Iyan Fika, Malam Tukur Mamu.
According to him, “I think the Federal Government has succumbed to media blackmail by a section of the country. I will not have any practical value because even before the declaration, they were being fought and treated as terrorists.”
“So its just a nomenclature which I believe will not change the dynamics on ground.
“If you can remember IPOB was also declared a terrorist organisation, the declaration was even backed by the order of the court but as you can see, even the international community did not recognise FG’s declaration of IPOB. So it has failed to be effective or to achieve the desired results.
“They have not been banned from travelling to other countries while their citizens remain intact, It has not been denounced. So what type of declaration is that ?
“I sincerely hope that Nigerians will not take the herdsmen as terrorists but should regard the criminality of the few among them against innocent people as acts of terrorism just as we see IPOB and their attacks on security agencies and other northern citizens as acts of terrorism. Very few herdsmen are bandits if ou go through their population.”
Ahmad Gumi is the eldest son to late Shaykh Abubakar Gumi. He was born in Kano state. He came from a geneanalogy of islamic scholars with his father first Grand Khadi of the old Northern Region.His father was instrumental in the Islamization of Northern Nigeria particularly under Sir Ahmadu Bello.
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