A popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has reiterated the need for the Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government to grant bandits amnesty.
The Kaduna-based cleric said bandits will never cease to exist in Nigeria unless granted amnesty like the Niger Delta militants.
Gumi stated this in Facebook epistle titled: ‘Zamfara: The Flaring Of Crisis,’ warning that any military action aimed at the armed herders would worsen the insecurity situation rather than solve it.
The cleric who warned that military action against armed herders would worsen the insecurity situation rather than solve it, cited the recent Taliban take over in Afghanistan, and stressed that no military, especially of a poor economy, can win guerrilla warfare.
The statement reads partly: “By 2015, banditry has replaced cattle rearing that is becoming nearly impossible. Drugs were introduced into the herdsmen that are known to be illiterates or semi-illiterates.
“Just as we had the Niger Delta conflict resolved with an amnesty which comes with reconciliation, reparation, and rehabilitation packages, so will the herdsmen crisis be resolved. In fact, there is a need for a Marshal plan to educate the nomadic pastoralist so that no citizen is left behind.
“No military, especially of a poor economy, can win guerrilla warfare. The recent victory of the Taliban in Afghanistan is a factual warning for those that contemplate.”
So now it’s tit for tat. The South based Niger Delta crisis or conflict, if you prefer is solved by Amnesty Processes. The North too wanted its own share of the cake by same means? The South was short-changed, the North hated education and modernity. Definitely something is wrong with logic here.