Controversial Islamic cleric and self-mediator for Bandits, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has blamed two secessionist leaders Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho for the crisis in southern Nigeria.
According to Gumi, abductions and killings that have been linked to some Fulani herdsmen in Southern Nigeria are not enough reason for the agitators to seek self-determination.
Gumi noted this during an online forum titled “Islam and the Special Role of Religious Leaders in Peacemaking in the Banditry Crisis in Northwest Nigeria”.
The cleric said, “And another thing I noticed in the South is that there is a disparity between the level of education and know-how. And when you have such disparity, conflict can never end because people can hardly understand each other.
“So the Fulani debacle in the Southern Nigeria, it is capitalised by the secessionist movements of Kanu and Igboho as one of the causes of the agitation for separation. Evidentially, the crisis is another fallout of this same crisis. It’s just a smokescreen: how many Fulani people have kidnapped people that will warrant secession? How many Fulani were massacred and killed in these states that will warrant secession?”
