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Why We Kidnap, Kill In Niger, Militant Fulanis Tell Sheikh Gumi

Sheikh Gumi met with bandits in the forest

Armed bandits terrorizing some local government areas and communities in Niger State have informed a popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi why they are angry, kidnapping and killing people in the State.

In a mediation chat with the cleric today, February 19, about four days after the abduction of staff, students and relatives of the Government Science School in Kagara, the Fulani bandits said that they are not happy that several of their cows have been stolen by robbers.

They alleged that their fellow herdsmen have been killed by some villagers, adding that vigilante members in some communities attack Fulanis and their family members whenever they sight them going to markets and towns.”

The bandits took Gumi round locations where bodies of their Fulani relatives and family members, killed in aerial bombardments, were dumped.

Notorious bandits leaders, including Dogon Gida, Kachalla, were in attendance at the meeting that took place at an isolated area inside a forest in the Niger State,” a security source said.

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The bandit leaders told Sheikh Gumi that they were ready to end killings and abductions.

They expressed willingness to be part of any deradicalization exercise or programme that the government will unveil for “our boys.”

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