On Friday, June 25, 2021, I heard in the news that the Department of Security Service (DSS) has invited the Sheikh for interrogation. I became jittery because, in spite of his intervention, some of the kidnapped persons are killed. What if you remove his intervention, when the government is only making empty boasts about defeating Boko Haram and eradicating the armed bandits, even as the Fulani herdsmen terrorists remain larger than life? It was not Gumi who asked Nigeria’s rulers to start an endless war against Boko Haram and the protection of the Fulani herdsmen terrorists. Any attempt to demonise and victimise Gumi may exacerbate the fragile security of Nigeria, with particular reference to the north.

Source: The Guardian July 04, 2021 03:56 UTC