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Obasanjo, Gumi deplore colouration of insecurity, canvass special courts for bandits, kidnappers

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo (left) and Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, during their meeting in Abeokuta, Ogun State …yesterday. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi have urged the Federal Government to create special courts to “deal promptly with cases of banditry, kidnapping, ransom demands and unlawful carrying of weapons.” During a closed-door meeting yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, they also agreed that, “hardened criminals must be hard hit with stick while imploring government to punish anybody illegally carrying arms in the country. Both leaders, in a communiqué issued at the end of parley, traced the root causes of insecurity in Nigeria to “educational and economic disparities, as well as negative use of religion and ethnicity by unscrupulous politicians.”

Insecurity: Obasanjo, Gumi, apportion blames, proffer solutions

Daily Post Nigeria Published Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Sheikh Ahmad Gumi have recommended solutions to the security challenges facing the nation. DAILY POST reports that Gumi, who has been negotiating with bandits in the North, visited Obasanjo on Sunday with a delegation of eight persons. They are: Prof. Usman Yusuf, Mallam Tukur Mamu, Dr. Umar Ardo, Dr. Ibrahim Abdullahi, Honourable Suleiman Gumi, Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu and Mallam Buba Mohammed. Chief Obasanjo received Sheikh Gumi and his delegation in the presence of Oba Babajide Bakre, Agura of Gbagura, Abeokuta; Bishop Tunde Akin-Akinsanya, Chairman of Ogun State Christian Association of Nigeria; Sheikh Sa’addallah Alade Bamigbola, Chief Imam of Egbaland; Chief Kenny Martins, Chief Ola Babajide Jaiyeoba; Rev. Tony Ojeshina, Chief Imams of Oke-Ona, Gbagura, Owu and Mr. Vitalis Ortese.

INSECURITY: Rehabilitate bandits willing to surrender, Obasanjo, Gumi tell FG

INSECURITY: Rehabilitate bandits willing to surrender, Obasanjo, Gumi tell FG On By James Ogunnaike FORMER president Olusegun Obasanjo and prominent Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to rehabilitate bandits who are willing to surrender. The call was made after Gumi led a delegation to meet with Obasanjo in Abeokuta, in Ogun State. A source present at the meeting told Vanguard that the choice of Chief Obasanjo by Gumi, was based on the fact that the former president is a critical stakeholder and a respected elder statesman to discuss such issues with. Gumi briefed Obasanjo on his recent peace advocacy visits to the Fulani bandits in the North, with the hope that government would understand the situation better and adopt his suggestions as the best possible way of ending the current insecurity crisis.

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