A former Minister for Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has berated controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi over his recent statement on ways to tackle banditry in the North.
Sheik Gumi, in an interview with Daily Post, said that the bandits feel like “everyone is against them.”
“Honestly speaking, there has to be a synergy of armed forces acting towards tackling insecurity. They should adopt the non-kinetic approach which should be about 80 percent because these people are ordinary Nigerians.
“Government should meet and dialogue with them because they are ready to listen. If the Government can apply the non-kinetic approach, it would have taken care of about 90 percent of the problem. So the 10 percent is where the kinetic comes into play.
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“The use of kinetic force is what led to what we are having now. They think it’s an ethnic cleansing where everybody is against them, and they are fighting for survival, very vicious and aggressive,” he said.
Reacting to the interview, Fani-Kayode condemned Sheik Gumi and asked him to shut up.
“Bandits feel everyone is against them”- Sheikh Ahmed Gumi. So does satan! Now shut up and stop talking rubbish!,” Fani-Kayode tweeted on Thursday.
