Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi, has knocked the federal government’s approach to fighting insurgency with World War II-era weapons.
During an interview, Gumi emphasized the need for the government to focus on non-kinetic strategies to address insecurity.
He stated: “All the money we spend on buying all these Second World War aeroplanes and artillery and jets to fight insurgency is an archaic way of dealing with this issue. And billions of naira are spent on that”.
He also identified banditry as a social problem stemming from the long-standing farmer-herder crisis in the North.
He suggested that honest dialogue with the perpetrators could help resolve the issue.
Gumi has been known to make controversial statements against the federal government.
