Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has called on the authorities to arrest popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi as an accessory to kidnapping and banditry.
He stated this in a series of tweets while reacting to a revelation by one of the parents of the kidnapped students of Federal College Of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State.
The widow had told Roots TV, “They took us to Gumi’s house. He directed us to an Ahmed, who invited a Fulani man from Kaduna.
“We contributed N800,000 for him; he told us that was just for transport. I cried and pled with him, saying I’m a widow. He said it wasn’t his concern.”
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"They took us to #Gumi's house, he directed us to an Ahmed, who invited a Fulani man from #Kaduna, we contributed N800,000 for him, he told us that was just for transport. I cried and pled with him, saying I'm a widow. He said it wasn't his concern" – Kidnapped Student's Mother pic.twitter.com/lh5sRxKgAt
— RootsTv (@rootstvnigeria) May 4, 2021
Reacting, Fani-Kayode said, “I hereby call on the FG to invite & interrogate Ahmad Gumi. Assuming this lady’s testimony is true it provides clear evidence of him being an accessory and accomplice to terrorism, abduction, kidnapping and murder. He is a BAG man, FRONT and PR officer for the terrorists that have plagued our land & I have no doubt that he personally benefits from the ransoms that are being paid.
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“If this were not the case he would not spend his entire life attempting to defend, justify, rationalise & explain their barbaric, homicidal, savage & beastly ways.
“These people have so much blood on their hands yet Gumi still holds himself out as their advocate & best friend. He is nothing but an extortionist who thrives on the misery and blood of those that have been murdered and kidnapped. First it was Pantami and now this!
“How much longer do the people of Nigeria have to put up with evil & wicked men like this? Enough is enough! If no-one else will say it I WILL. Gumi must be brought to justice & so must every single one of his foreign Fulani terrorist friends & all those within & outside.
“Government that has links with ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, the Fulani terrorists, the Taliban, ISWA, Al Shabab & any other evil terrorist organisation which seeks to kill and Islamise our people and conquer and occupy our territory and nation.
“Nigerians are being murdered every day & our soldiers are on the war front being slaughtered by these barbarians & animals yet some that are highly placed in society are still supporting them? This is nothing but wickedness. This is evil. This is wrong. This is unacceptable.
“If the FG refuses to act against Gumi it will raise questions about their commitment to fighting terror & stopping the terrorists. Every day people are being killed & kidnapped. This madness has to stop & those behind it and that covertly support it must be brought to justice.”