{"id":49648,"date":"2021-09-06T18:11:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T17:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=49648"},"modified":"2021-09-06T17:23:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T16:23:59","slug":"militants-dont-kidnap-children-fani-kayode-replies-sheikh-gumi-on-amnesty-for-bandits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/militants-dont-kidnap-children-fani-kayode-replies-sheikh-gumi-on-amnesty-for-bandits","title":{"rendered":"Militants don\u2019t kidnap children \u2013 Fani-Kayode replies Sheikh Gumi on amnesty for bandits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Femi Fani-Kayode, former Nigerian minister, has condemned a statement credited to Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, demanding amnesty for bandits.<\/p>\n

Gumi in a Facebook post said bandits are going nowhere until the Nigerian Government grants them amnesty like it did to the Niger Delta militants.<\/p>\n

Fani-Kayode, reacting to the statement which has continued to generate controversy, told Sheik Gumi not to compare Niger Delta militants to bandits as the latter does not rape or abduct children from schools.<\/p>\n

According to him, Gumi\u2019s demand is asinine and unacceptable.<\/p>\n

On his Twitter page, he wrote: \u201c For Gumi to say that the killer bandits & terrorists are not going anywhere unless and until they are given amnesty like the Niger Delta militants is asinine and unacceptable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Niger Delta militants did not target, rape, kill women and they did not abduct children from their schools.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Femi Fani-Kayode, former Nigerian minister, has condemned a statement credited to Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, demanding amnesty for bandits. Gumi in a Facebook post said bandits are going nowhere until the Nigerian Government grants them amnesty like it did to the Niger Delta militants. 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