A renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has revealed that the abductors of the Zamfara schoolgirls were not the bandits he recently engaged with in Zamfara forests.
This reaction came up after the report of bandits storming the Government Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area around 1am on Friday and abducted over 300 female students.
Zamfara Commissioner of Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, confirmed the abduction to News Agency of Nigeria but could not ascertain the number of the students abducted as at when he spoke with newsmen.
Gumi, in an interview described the abduction as an action from a splinter group of the Zamfara bandits.
The Islamic scholar, who appeared to have reached out to the bandit leaders he recently met, stated categorically “They are not the ones that abducted the girls. It is a splinter group.”
When asked whether he would be going to Zamfara to meet the bandits for talks and plea for release of the school girls, Sheikh Gumi simply said, “maybe”.
The Islamic scholar has taken his peace message to bandits hideouts in Zamfara where about 500 were reported to have repented in Shinkafi local government area.
Tthe renowned Islamic scholar and his delegation also met with bandits at Sububu forest and Pakai forests.
