Flashback: Bandits Who Met With Sheikh Gumi Vow To Deal With El-Rufai

Bandits on Thursday night stormed the Federal College Of Forestry Mechanisation in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state and abducted female students.

Recall that the bandits also attacked three local government areas of Igabi, Giwa and Chikun in the state and killed seven persons.

The gunmen were also said to have injured others, as well as rustled 20 cows.

This is coming weeks after bandits operating between Tegina in Niger state and Birnin Gwari in Kaduna state met with Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi and vowed to deal with the state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.

El-Rufai who was not pleased with the activities of bandits in the north had vowed to deal with any bandit, he added that the state is at war with the criminals.

The Kaduna State Governor also condemned the amnesty and compensation terms placed before the state by an Islamic cleric, Gumi.

The governor said the bandits would not be willing to give up kidnapping, considering how lucrative kidnapping had been to them.

“Anybody that thinks a Fulani man that ventured into kidnapping for ransom, and is earning millions of naira, would go back to his former life of getting N100,000 after selling a cow in a year, must be deceiving himself.”

“Why should they be compensated after killing people, destroying their houses? Who offended them? Ahmad Gumi is my friend and this is what we discussed with him.”

“I told him that the majority of these Fulani bandits don’t believe in religion. Therefore, I don’t believe in what he (Gumi) is doing, that they should be forgiven and compensated.”

The leader of the banditry group, Dogo Gide, while speaking at the meeting with Gumi lambasted El-Rufai over his statement.

According to a source, Gide added that his men were ready to carry out more attacks on communities in Kaduna State.

“He told the delegation led by Sheikh Gumi that he would deal with Governor El-Rufai and nothing would happen. He also said his boys were ready to attack more towns in the state. He said he and his boys were not afraid of death and anybody against their demands would be crushed.