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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Popular Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has disclosed that something made bandits start killing their victims.<\/p>\n

Gumi said bandits were out to avenge the killing of their family members by the military through airstrikes.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a retreat on inclusive security organized by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa in Abuja, the Kaduna-based Islamic scholar said that the bandits were victims seeking justice.<\/p>\n

He noted that it was important for the federal government to meet with bandits urgently before they become uncontrollable.<\/p>\n

Gumi tells Buhari how to end banditry, herdsmen\u2019s crimes<\/p>\n

Gumi said: \u201cWe all know that bandits initially don\u2019t kill people. They only kidnap people to get money, but something has metamorphosed and turned them into a Frankenstein monster that kills people just for the pleasure of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gumi, who is a known advocate for bandits, recently vowed to stop meeting with them.<\/p>\n

The Islamic scholar took the stance following the prescription of bandits by an Abuja Federal High Court.<\/p>\n

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