Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a controversial Islamic cleric, has reacted to the terrorist attacks in Abuja on the Guards Brigade.
Gumi claimed that because President Muhammadu Buhari rewards failure with ambassadorial appointments, insecurity should be expected.
In response to the Federal Government’s intention to penalise the BBC Africa Eye and Daily Trust for recent articles they published on the topic of politics of insecurity, he expressed his reaction.
In a statement, Gumi attributed the unrest in the North to illiteracy.
“What do you expect from a society (Fulani) that was left in total ignorance and lack of education, especially when their primary means of livelihood (cattle) has been completely rustled by other criminal elements within and outside our security agencies without any effort by the government to address the injustice.
“As I talk to you now, cattle rustling has not stopped. Many law-abiding Fulanis have fallen victims to the official extortion of their cows. I have well-documented evidence involving some security agents in which I personally intervened. How do you expect as a government to address insecurity, especially related to Fulani bandits without addressing such instances of extortion and rustling?
“When a Commander-in-Chief rewards failure with ambassadorial appointments in a system and a society that records increased attacks, when security agencies cannot even protect Abuja and especially when the Guards Brigade cannot even protect themselves not to talk of the President, then why blame the media for such failure and ineptitude for reporting it?” the cleric queried.