Bandits Kidnapping School Students Is A Lesser Evil - Sheikh Gumi Says

Gumi said kidnapping school students was a lesser evil when compared to the ransacking of towns and killing of its residents.

He made the remark while featuring on BBC Pidgin.

The cleric also stated that his meetings was yielding positive results as bandits are now careful about human lives.

According to Gumi: “Kidnapping children from faculty is a lesser evil because in the end, you can negotiate and now bandits are very careful about human lives.

“Before, the project of bandits became to enter a city, ransack it and kill people. By this, I can say our preaching is running and optimistically, we are coming to an stop of banditry in Zamfara and different states.

“Bandits are more cautious about lives now and simply need to do sensational assaults which could deliver attention to themselves.”

Lately, the activities of banditry has been at the upward push within the Northern part of Nigeria.

Recall that Gumi had appealed to the federal authorities to supply amnesty to bandits.

The Islamic Scholar had stated amnesty to bandits might help relax the tensed insecurity state of affairs inside the North.

Buhari has, but, vowed no longer to furnish amnesty to bandits.