As reactions continue to trail the abduction of
Government Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Friday, the popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Gumi said, the abductors were not those he met in the forest before.
The Cleric said the gangsters were different from the group, he recently met in Zamfara forest who vowed not to get involved in banditry anymore after a peaceful negotiation
CAPITAL POST reported earlier that bandits who were dressed in military uniforms stormed Government Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area and abducted over 300 schoolgirls.
He however revealed that the splinter bandits that kidnapped the schoolgirls were known to him.
“They are not the ones that abducted the girls. It is a splinter group,” he said.
According to him, he may wade in to discuss their release.
The Islamic scholar has been advocating and calling on the Nigerians government to grant amnesty to the bandits. He argued that doing that remained the panacea for peace to reign.
