The investigation and subsequent arrest of a controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, will end the spate of banditry and insecurity in Northwest Nigeria, the National Inter-Faith Movement has said. According to the inter-faith group, Gumi must explain his relationship with bandits following the arrest of his media consultant and ally, Tukur Mamu. Mamu, a newspaper publisher was recently arrested at Cairo International Airport in Egypt while on his way to Saudi Arabia.