By Ihechi Enyinnaya
Always in the habit of raising hairs with his positions, self-acclaimed kidnap negotiator and Controversial Islamic Scholar, Ahmad Gumi has described the kidnapping of school children by bandits as a lesser evil.
Gumi who spoke on Monday while featuring on BBC Pidgin, said kidnapping school children was a lesser evil compared to the ransacking of towns and killing of its residents.
Gumi said: “Kidnapping children from school is a lesser evil because in the end, you can negotiate and now bandits are very careful about human lives.
“Before, the mission of bandits was to go into a town, ransack it and kill people. By this, I can say our preaching is working and hopefully, we are coming to an end of banditry in Zamfara and other states.
“Bandits are more careful about lives now and just want to do sensational attacks which would bring attention to themselves.”
The cleric also stated that his meetings was yielding positive results as bandits are now careful about human lives.