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February 19, 2021
The Niger State Government has begged bandits unleashing terror on its citizens across the state to lay down their arms and give room for dialogue and reconciliation for peace and security to reign in the state.
The State Secretary to the Government, Alh. Ahmed Matane, who made the appeal in Dutsen Magaji, Mariga Local Government Area of the State while addressing Bandits and their Commanders said recent developments in the state calls for sober reflection.
The SSG also urged other criminal elements such as kidnappers and cattle rustlers to embrace the peace efforts of the state.
Matane, accompanied by a renowned Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar Gumi said the move has become necessary to put an end to the security challenges that have bedevilled the state over the years.
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The renewed troubleshooting of renowned Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahnad Gumi, has continued to cause controversies among Nigerians, especially on the social media platform, Twitter.
Nigerians were first piqued when reports and images surfaced online of the meeting Gumi had with two set of bandits in forests in Zamfara State.
In the images that accompanied the reports, the Islamic cleric was seen with heavily armed bandits, who gleefully told him that they took up arms because of the certain injustices done to them by the Nigerian state.
The images took many aback, as they wondered how a band of bandits can boldly display their criminality and why a respected cleric like Gumi would openly associate with them.
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The governor said the bandits would not be willing to give up kidnapping, considering how lucrative kidnapping had been to them.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 19, 2021
Bandits operating between Tegina in Niger State and Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State have vowed to deal with Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State.
The bandits disclosed this during a peace meeting with popular Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Thursday at Tegina forest, a top source told SaharaReporters.
El-Rufai had earlier in the month said any bandit arrested in the state would be killed, maintaining that “Kaduna State is at war with bandits”.
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