Popular Nigerian Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has revealed that the unfriendly way the Federal Government put pressure on the bandits makes the bandits react the way they do in the North.
According to him the Federal Government , should adopt the non-kinetic approach in tackling banditry and insecurity in the Northern part of the country as he granted an interview with DAILY POST.
In his words: “Honestly speaking, there has to be a synergy of armed forces acting towards tackling insecurity. They should adopt the non-kinetic approach which should be about 80 percent because these people are ordinary Nigerians.
“Government should meet and dialogue with them because they are ready to listen. If the Government can apply the non-kinetic approach, it would have taken care of about 90 percent of the problem. So the 10 percent is where the kinetic comes into play.
“The use of kinetic force is what led to what we are having now. They think it’s an ethnic cleansing where everybody is against them, and they are fighting for survival, very vicious and aggressive.”he added.
