Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has revealed that some government security forces are in bed with the bandits.
According to Gumi, banditry is a business, and gunmen would not have had access to weapons without the support of some security personnel. He made the submission when he appeared on Arise TV.
In his words: “These bandits, if you don’t know, are cooperating with a lot of bad elements in our security system. This is a business. So many people are involved, you’ll be so surprised.”
“They were caught in Zamfara; they were caught everywhere, how do these big weapons cross our borders? How can these big weapons cross our borders and get into the forest without the cooperation of some bad element of the security operatives assisting them? It’s not possible. If I give you the same amount of guns can you take it to the UK? You can’t, because the security is alert.
”Part of fighting this banditry is to overhaul our security system.”
He asked the government and Nigerians not to compare the IPOB and bandits.
He said: “IPOB is attacking the police, the army, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other government institutions; killing our men in service.”
“And the herdsmen are kidnapping children not to kill them but to get money; so how can you compare somebody who is killing our gallant men directly to somebody who is kidnapping children to make money and not to kill them. Look, we need some fairness in what we are doing,”
Source: www.NaijaOnPoint.com
