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BANDITRY: Kidnapping Children From School Is A Lesser EVIL-Gumi | READ DETAILS

Faith Ukanwa

Mar 08, 2021

Popularl Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Gumi has described the kidnapping of school children by bandits as lesser evil.

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Gumi while featuring on BBC Pidgin, said kidnapping school students was a lesser evil when compared to the ransacking of towns and killing of its residents.

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"Kidnapping children from school is a lesser evil because in the end, you can negotiate and now bandits are very careful about human lives.

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"Before, the mission of bandits was to go into a town, ransack it and kill people. By this, I can say our preaching is working and hopefully, we are coming to an end of banditry in Zamfara and other states.

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"Bandits are more careful about lives now and just want to do sensational attacks which would bring attention to themselvesÔÇØ Gumi said.

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He assured that negotiation with the bandits is yielding a positive result.

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— Faith Ukanwa

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