Popular Islamic Cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has said that it is unfair to compare the activities of criminal herdsmen with those of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The cleric, who is known to have access to bandits, said herdsmen’s only kidnap children for money while IPOB kill security operatives, therefore the crimes committed by herdsmen are significantly lesser than those of IPOB.
Gumi spoke on Wednesday during an interview on Arise TV.
He called for “fairness” in the comparison between the two groups, saying one “is killing our gallant men” while the other is “kidnapping children to make money and not to kill them”.
In his words, “IPOB is attacking the police, the army, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other government institutions; killing our men in service.
”And the herdsmen are kidnapping children not to kill them but to get money; so how can you compare somebody who is killing our gallant men directly to somebody who is kidnapping children to make money and not to kill them. Look, we need some fairness in what we are doing.”
