Bandits now Think They Are Fighting for Allah – Sheik Gumi
Highly controversial Islamic scholar Sheik Ahmad Gumi has said that the bandits who are ravaging the northwestern region of the country now think they are fighting the course of Almighty Allah.
The Boko Haram Insurgents in the three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe base their fight on religion. They kill, abduct and terrorise the people while also launching attacks on the security personnel in the restive region.
On Monday, the scholar reacted to the rise in the attacks of the terrorists, who recently hijacked military vehicle in Sokoto State. The Defence Headquarters had already denied the report, but Online Parrot News saw an unverified video in which the bandits celebrated their success.
The scholar said, “Initially bandits were fighting an ethnic war that could easily be resolved,” Gumi said in the post entitled “Radicalisation of Bandits: I warned against the danger”.
“I warned if the kinetic approach is intensified they will turn into ideologically motivated guerilla warfare. Nobody listened.
“The difference between the former and the latter is that ideological war is mostly intractable, BH (Boko Haram) as an example.
“They commit the same crime but this time they think they are serving God. The picture is gloomy.”
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