Popular Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmad Abubakar Gumi has advised the Federal Government under the Muhammadu Buhari administration to support bandits in order to end the abduction of school children.
He gave the advise on Wednesday while speaking with The Punch in reaction to the abduction of 200 Islamiyya school pupils in Niger State.
He said that many bandits want to dialogue so it is expedient that government uses them to fight the bad ones.
According to Gumi, “We are always trying to do our best, but you see, you need two hands to shake. You know these people (the bandits) need engagements from the government itself. If you dialogue with them without the involvement of the government, it is a problem.
“Government needs to be proactive with them. We have a lot of them that are ready to fight the bad ones. Use the bad to fight the ugly and use the good to fight the bad ones when you are done with the ugly. Look at Boko Haram, who finished Shekau ? Was it not the splinter group ? So, it is easy.
“All these agitation you see, if the government can do a splinter group and the splinter group is empowered, every man wants power and money, they will do your job. There are many ready to submit themselves. All the ones you see me meeting in the bush, they are all telling so, ‘We are ready,'” Sheik Gumi said.
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