Sheik Gumi visits Zamfara bandit in forests, appeals for peace between some bandits in the forests of Shinkafi and Gummi local government areas of Zamfara State.
It was gathered that Gumi’s visit to the camps was to spread the message of Islam and peace to the Fulani herdsmen and rid the country of kidnappings and banditry.
Gummi and his entourage were said to have first went the forest of Tubali and Makkai in Shinkafi LGA which were under the control of armed Fulani herdsmen.
Gumi said, “Let there be peace; you all have a legitimate concern and grievances, and I believe that since the Niger Delta armed militants were integrated by the Federal Government and are even in the business of pipelines protection, the Federal Government should immediately look into how something like that will be done to the Fulani to provide them with reasonable means of livelihood including jobs, working capitals, entrepreneurship training, building clinic and schooling.
”At the first settlement in Tubali Forest, Gumi was said to have met with about 150 armed Fulanis who expressed their grievances and why it would be difficult for them to surrender their arms.
The chairman of Shinkafi council reportedly said before the peace agreement with the bandits there was frequent and rampant cases of kidnappings on Shinkafi-Gusau road while instances of frequent attacks with heavy casualties was rampant, adding that presently, the council had spent seven months without single attack.
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