"He's A Threat To National Security And Should Be Arrested" - APC Governors' Forum Slams Sheikh Gumi

Dr. Salihu Lukman, the Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), which represents the governors of the All Progressives Congress, has chastised Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, a notorious Kaduna State-based Islamic cleric, for requesting amnesty for bandits spreading mayhem in the north.

 Gumi's stance, he said, was both a threat to national security and a self-serving venture. In a statement titled "Nigerian democracy and nation-building problems," Lukman criticized Gumi's comparison of northern bandits to Niger Delta insurgents.

He claimed that robbers "cannot be compared to Niger Delta militants who were granted amnesty by the Umaru Musa Yar'Adua regime." "All arms of the security services have been fully mobilized and are fighting together to smash the bandits in the Zamfara, Katsina, and Kaduna forests,” he said. Surprisingly, several Nigerian officials have rejected the current military operations against the robbers.

“So-called media commentators, religious leaders, and others have questioned the government's decision to shut down communication services, marketplaces, and other services in states where military operations are taking place. Military operations against the criminals have already been declared a failure by a religious leader. “What a.. Advance Reading For More Details..m

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