Banditry: Sheikh Gumi warns against aerial bombings

An Islamic scholar, Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, has endorsed the constitution of the Nigerian Forest Security Service (NFSS), to flush retired bandits from forests crossed the country.

The cleric has besides urged the projected outfit to deploy decisive subject unit successful tackling transgression elements.

Speaking during his Ramadan Tafsir connected Tuesday successful Kaduna, Gumi, however, cautioned against the usage of aerial bombardments, informing that specified operations could effect successful civilian casualties.

He cited the tragic incidental astatine Tudun Biri successful Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, wherever much than 100 residents were reportedly killed successful a mistaken airstrike by the Nigerian Air Force.

According to the cleric, portion confronting banditry requires steadfast and coordinated action, the deployment of bombs successful wood operations poses important risks to guiltless communities residing wrong oregon astir affected areas.

Gumi observed that bandits operating successful parts of the state had go progressively unsafe and brutal, attributing the improvement to alleged outer influences aimed astatine destabilising the nation.

He said the inclination appeared to validate his earlier concerns that bandits’ groups could germinate into full-fledged violent organisations, if not decisively addressed.

The cleric besides called connected the authorities to follow strategies that would efficaciously dislodge cr...