A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has berated controversial Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi over his statement on the declaration of bandits as terrorists.
It was reported on Monday reported that Gumi in a statement said that the declaration of bandits as terrorists by the Federal Government will come at a “price.”
“Yet again, the only helpful part that is against Bandits is that no other than them are attracted to join them in the NW because of its ethnic tinge and coloration. However, the moment they are termed Terrorist – Islamic for that matter, the direct foreign Jihadist movements will set in in force. And many teaming unemployed youths may find it palatable and attractive.
‘’Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ plus AK47 against a ‘secular’ immoral society where impunity reigns are the magnet for extremists and downtrodden – the majority of our youth. Already these terrorist groups are fighting for the soul of these bandits,” the statement read in part.
Reacting via Instagram on Wednesday, Fani-Kayode described Gumi as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
“Sheik Ahmad Gumi, the Rasputin of Arewa, whose father once said a Christian must not rule Nigeria & who himself said the FG must not declare the killer bandits as terrorists is worse than Abubakar Shekau & Al Barnawi. He is a venomous snake & a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” he wrote.
