…Advises Gumi not to waste time negotiating with bandits
…Notes they are used to big money, will not repent
…Laments lack of unity among N/W govs
…Declares Kaduna’s at war with bandits
…Troops recover weapons from bandits belonging to Kachalla’s group
By Ibrahin HassanWuyo
Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday disagreed with prominent Islamic scholar, Sheikh Gumi, that the federal government should dialogue with bandits, instead of waging war against them.
After meeting with the bandits in the forest in Zamfara State, Sheikh Gumi had asked the federal government to use security budget to address the bandits’ demands, claiming that most of them had lost all their possessions to cattle rustling and extortion
El-Rufai advises Gummi not to waste time negotiating with bandits
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…Laments lack of unity among N/W Govs
…Declares Kaduna’s at war with bandits
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
Effort by Kaduna based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gummi to convince bandits to lay down arms and embrace peace, may be an exercise in futility as the criminals are used to getting big money and will not repent, Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state has said.
El-Rufai spoke on a BBC Hausa program monitored in Kaduna.
The governor reiterated that Kaduna was at war with the criminal elements, pointing out “my administration is at war with the bandits and so we cannot negotiate. Eliminating them is the only solution to banditry.”