Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, who recently visited Bandits in Zamfara, has promised to visit Kagara, the Niger community, where some persons were abducted on Wednesday morning to dialogue with the bandits.
Africa Daily News has earlier reported that Some students and staff of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, headquarters of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, were abducted in the early hours of Wednesday.
Speaking after paying a visit to the Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, Gumi described the incident as unfortunate.
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He said he was on his way to Kebbi State but decided to stop over in Minna, Niger State capital, to have an audience with the Governor over the kidnap incident.
The cleric said this is his first time visiting Niger, adding that his discussion with the Governor is to enable the government to find a solution to insecurity.
‘The Governor and I spoke on several ways to deal with insecurity in a holistic manner and find solutions to the insecurity problem in the state,’ he said.
Two weeks ago, Gumi had met with bandits in their hideouts, appealing to them to embrace peace.
He later asked the Federal and State Governments to offer amnesty to bandits, saying dialogue is the solution to insecurity.
But some stakeholders, including Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, and a few Islamic Scholars had rejected the recommendation stating that negotiating with bandits has never been a way out.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
