Controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has adviced the federal government to engage bandits in order to secure schools.
Speaking on the incessant kidnapping of students, Gumi, in an interview with PUNCH, said aerial bombardments of bandits will only worsen the security situation, arguing that they are also “victims”.
“To secure schools, why not engage the bandits. Engage them; they are not many. You can count them with your fingers. How can you guard schools? It is not possible. In the whole north-west, they may not be more than 100,000 bandits. And that is just a drop in the ocean,” he said.
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“That is talking about those with weapons; because not all of them have weapons. Ninety per cent of those who have weapons use them to protect themselves against cattle rustlers.
“They are victims too. Aerial bombardments will only worsen the situation because when you start killing their children, you remember they also have our children.”
