Insecurity: Gumi’s shock revelation reignites national conversations on counter-terrorism

Most Nigerians were taken aback erstwhile the arguable Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi told the satellite successful a tv programme precocious that the Federal Government of Nigeria knows each the terrorists by their sanction and location.

To many, Gumi has conscionable stated the evident arsenic galore had, implicit the years, resolved that the Federal Government has a manus successful the lingering insecurity successful the country.

Those who had tenaciously held connected to this view, garbage to judge that the Federal Government is doing thing to extremity the insecurity which has claimed thousands of lives successful Nigeria.

They would ever notation to the connection of the precocious caput of state, Gen Sani Abacha that if insecurity persists for much than 48 hours astatine immoderate fixed constituent successful time, past the authorities should beryllium held responsible.

Many Nigerians person latched connected to precocious Abacha’s celebrated connection to clasp the Federal Government liable for the insecurity that has lasted for implicit a decade.

However, determination are others who inactive judge that the Federal Government has been doing everything wrong its powers to bring to an extremity the insecurity successful the land.

Nonetheless, galore Nigerians person reacted with fury to Gumi’s claims that the Federal Government has elaborate accusation connected the identities and hideouts of terrorists operating crossed the state but failed to act.

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