CONTROVERSIAL Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmed Gumi has defended his recent negotiations with armed bandits in Zamfara State saying that the government was fully aware of the talks and always had representatives present when he visited the hoodlums.
Over recent years, heavily-armed bandits have been terrorising the northwest...
ISLAMIC cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has called on the Nigerian government to offer a blanket amnesty to all armed bandits operating in the country pointing out that if coup plotters who commit treason are forgiven the gesture should be extended to others.
In a bid to resolve what appears to be an endless crisis, Sheikh Gumi,...
ISLAMIC cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi who has recently been involved in negotiations with armed bandits across northwest Nigeria has warned journalists to stop referring to them as criminals saying they are not different from the Niger Delta militants.
Over recent years, heavily-armed bandits have been terrorising the northwest...
GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to throw the book at armed bandits creating mayhem across the country pointing out that most of them took up arms in response to injustice.
Over recent months, armed bandits have been tuning riot across several states in northwest Nigeria,...
ISLAMIC cleric Sheikh Abubakar Gumi has revealed that during his recent interaction with bandits operating across northwest Nigeria he discovered that they were in the process of acquiring anti-aircraft missiles to enable them fight off the military.
Over recent years, heavily-armed bandits have been terrorising the...
SEVERAL bandit leaders in Zamfara State have agreed to lay down their weapons and embrace a peace deal presented by Governor Bello Matawalle following the recent visit of Islamic cleric Sheikh Abubakar Gumi.
Last week, in a bit to resolve what appears to be an endless crisis, Sheikh Gumi, travelled from his base in Kaduna to...
ISLAMIC cleric Sheik Ahmed Gumi has revealed that his recent trip to Zamfara State has raised fears that what is happening there is not just banditry but the beginnings of a new insurgency similar to the Boko Haram crisis in Borno State.
Last week, in a bit to resolve what appears to be an endless crisis, Sheikh Gumi,...
NIGERIAN government officials have been warned by the leaders of armed bandit militia groups that they risk another major insurgency similar to the Boko Haram uprising if they are also under-estimated.
Over recent years, heavily-armed bandits have been terrorising the northwest geo-political zone, controlling large swathes...
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