Sheikh Gumi Calls For Creation Of Ministry To Oversee Herdsmen

Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has known as for the institution of a ministry of nomadic affairs to supervise all issues regarding herdsmen within the nation. That is at the same time as he denied having sympathy for bandits.

 

Apparently reacting to somebody who known as him a bandit-lover, Gumi, on his verified Fb web page on Friday morning, wrote an article titled ‘Conflict Has By no means Been a Answer Anyplace, Anytime’ the place he denied ever harbouring or having sympathy or love for bandits.

 

He stated is a patriotic Nigerian who loves his nation, his area, his state, his individuals and humanity as an entire.

 

The cleric wrote: “You bootlicker that known as me a banditlover, I’m not one however my country-lover, my region-lover, my state-lover, my peoplelover and humanity-lover.”

 

He stated that as a medical skilled, he was skilled to excise a mind tumour with out destroying the tissues, including that as a former navy officer, he additionally is aware of what a navy motion entails and as a cleric, he’s well-positioned to talk out in opposition to injustice when he sees one.

 

“I’m a professional medical physician who is aware of what it takes to exactly excise a mind tumour with out destroying the fragile surrounding mind tissues. I used to be a commissioned navy officer who is aware of what the navy is for and what the aptitude of our navy is. I’m an mental with a PhD from overseas.

 

“I’m an Islamic scholar who is aware of the immorality of killing harmless lives. So, silence, for me, on this ocean of oblivion, is just not an possibility. He famous that the motion of the federal government in opposition to bandits quantities to killing rats with an iron rod in a room stuffed with rats. He cautioned in opposition to navy motion in opposition to bandits, claiming that politicians had benefitted a lot from the Fulani banditry that plagued the nation.

 

“Solely a idiot would enable his dwelling to be a theatre of struggle. Sadly, what number of fools are there? Killing rats in your rat-infested sitting room with an iron rod will find yourself destroying your devices and furnishings in all probability with out killing any [rats]. We should always not masks our poor governance with artillery energy.

 

“Some disingenuous individuals say, ‘peace and negotiations with herdsmen and bandits have failed and your mission has failed’. I say my mission has not failed nevertheless it was sabotaged or discouraged by the identical influential folks that profit from the chaos or like us to destroy ourselves and depart the herdsmen in perpetual ignorance.”

 

Gumi additionally reiterated his name for the rehabilitation of bandits and for the creation of a ministry for herdsmen.