{"id":45591,"date":"2021-06-24T17:51:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T16:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=45591"},"modified":"2021-06-24T17:10:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T16:10:53","slug":"ipob-vs-bandits-sheikh-gumi-will-set-nigeria-on-fire-omokri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ipob-vs-bandits-sheikh-gumi-will-set-nigeria-on-fire-omokri","title":{"rendered":"IPOB vs bandits: Sheikh Gumi will set Nigeria on fire \u2013 Omokri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has said popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi would set Nigeria on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Omokri made the remark while berating Gumi over his comment on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).<\/p>\n<p>Gumi had said herdsmen and bandits only abduct students for money while IPOB killed security operatives in the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Gumi\u2019s link with bandits should be investigated \u2013 Nigerians tell Buhari\u2019s govt<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Arise TV, the Islamic cleric said: \u201cIPOB is attacking the police, the army, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other government institutions; killing our men in service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dAnd the herdsmen are kidnapping children not to kill them but to get money; so how can you compare somebody who is killing our gallant men directly to somebody who is kidnapping children to make money and not to kill them. Look, we need some fairness in what we are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Condemning the Islamic cleric\u2019s comment, the former presidential aide hinted at Gumi\u2019s arrest for making such a remark.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, Omokri wrote: \u201cWhat is wrong with this man? Herdsmen don\u2019t just abduct schoolchildren. Even if that is true (it is not), what is \u2018only\u2019 about that? Herdsmen have killed thousands of citizens in every Nigerian state. Gumi may set Nigeria on fire. How can he say this and walk free?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IPOB and its security arm, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), have been accused of killing security operatives and burning down government facilities in the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>But, the secessionist group had maintained its innocence.<\/p>\n<p>Leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu had said the group is against terrorists\u2019 and armed herders in the Southeast and not security operatives.<\/p>\n<p>In the North, bandits have been abducting and killing both students and residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has said popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi would set Nigeria on fire. Omokri made the remark while berating Gumi over his comment on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). 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