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The 27 students abducted by bandits from Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have been released. According to one of the persons who received the students confirmed the news, the release was facilitated by the Sheikh Abubakar Gumi Dialogue Committee with support from former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The students were among the 37 abducted almost two months ago. Details to follow..
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Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has revealed that the students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents. Recall that several students were abducted on April 18, when some gunmen attacked the school. The kidnappers have since killed five of the students and threatened to kill 17 of them still in captivity if a ransom of N100 million and 10 motorcycles are not delivered to them. Commenting on the issue when he featured on a television programme yesterday, the cleric said Boko Haram insurgents are beginning to…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the prominent northern religious leader, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, have recommended special courts to try bandits, kidnappers and carriers of unlawful weapons in Nigeria. Obasanjo and Gumi made this known in a jointly signed communique issued after they held a closed-door meeting at the Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State, yesterday. Gumi, who led some northern religious leaders to Obasanjo’s residence in Abeokuta, arrived around 11 am and left at 4 pm while he declined to speak with newsmen when asked the reason for his visit.…
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A former Senator, who represented Kaduna-Central in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani and popular Northern Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, yesterday, met over gunmen abduction of the 39 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Mando, Igabi local government area, Kaduna and that of members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (RCCG), on evangelism to Kafanchan. Recall that parents of the abducted students had reached out to prominent citizens to prevail on the State governor, Nasir El-Rufa’i, to do his possible best to ensure that their children…
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The Nigerian Army has warned popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi against dragging its reputation to disrepute with his incendiary comments. The Army, in a statement issued on Monday, titled: ‘Nigerian Army Does Not Deploy Its Troops Along Ethnic Or Religious Lines’, said contrary to Gumi’s statements to bandits recently that Christian soldiers were the ones killing the bandits, the Army does not deploy troops along religious or ethnic lines. The statement, which was signed by the Director, Army Public Relations, Mohammed Yerima, said, “The attention of the Nigerian Army…
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Renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheik Abubakar Gumi has said if those who instigated civil war where millions of people were killed were pardoned why not do the same to bandits. He posed this question yesterday, in Kaduna, while expressing his reservation over the statement made against him by Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The cleric said for Nigeria to get out of banditry and achieve peace, the bandits must be forgiven. Sheikh Gumi, a self-appointed peacemaker between the bandits and the government, pointed out that “even those that instigated civil war,…
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Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani, has urged Nigerians to stop referring to soldiers as Muslims or Christians. Sen. Sani, in a Twitter post, warned that such would lead to the sowing of religious seeds in the minds of the troop. “Referencing our soldiers as Muslims or Christians is a condemnable act. It’s divisive & toxic. The security challenges in our country demands a united action and national solidarity. Sowing the seeds of religiosity in the minds of our troops on the frontline is noxious & dangerous,”…
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Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has appealed to the Federal Government to give “blanket amnesty’” to the bandits that abducted some students and staff of Government Science College Kagara, Niger State. The bandits had on Wednesday abducted 27 students and 17 staff of Government Science College Kagara, killing one of the students during their attack. Gumi led delegations to meet with the leader of the bandits, Dogo Giade and other top commanders, after arriving Minna on Thursday. The cleric have been visiting bandits camps in Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara…
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Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufa’i says what is needed is a strong and coordinated fight against bandits, and not a peace deal like the one being advocated by a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi. The governor disclosed this in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC) Hausa yesterday. Gumi has been visiting bandits in their enclaves in some northern States, preaching and appealing to them to lay down their arms and embrace dialogue. El-Rufa’i, however, said even though northern governors lack coordinated efforts in the fight against insecurity in…
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The leader of bandits operating along Shinkafi-Sokoto Road, Zamfara State, Kachalla Turji, has stated that only reconciliation can end killings in the state. He stated this when receiving renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Dr. Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi, on Tuesday. Gumi’s visit to the camps was to spread the message of Islam and peace to the Fulani herdsmen and rid the country of kidnappings and banditry. The renowned scholar and his entourage were said to have first gone to the forest of Tubali and Makkai in Shinkafi LGA which were under the…
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