Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to a statement made by popular Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi who stated that there’s no reason why the Federal Government can’t pardon and accept the repentance of bandits, since coup plotters and those that instigated the civil war, we’re forgiven and pardoned.
Speaking on his official Twitter page, the Former Aviation Minister stated that something has gone wrong with the cleric as he has been shrouded in deceit and darkness.
In an interview in Kaduna State on Thursday, Gumi was quoted saying;
“You ask why do we give them amnesty but they told us specifically that they are ready to drop their arms and they don’t want to be pursued with legal actions after they repented. If the country could pardon coup plotters who committed treasonable offences in the era of military administration, the bandits can as well enjoy similar forgiveness even better under democratic rule.
These people in the bush, who have taken arms; are criminals. I wonder who is not a criminal. Since Nigeria forgave coup plotters, forgave those that killed. Even those that instigated civil war; the civil war that millions of people died, I see no reason why we cannot accept their repentance.
Since that is the bottleneck and it is only the Federal Government that can give them that leverage. Strangely, we found out that they are victims too. They were victims of profiling. So many of them were arrested and punished just for looking like herdsmen,” he said.
Reacting to the above statement, FFK stated that Gumi’s comment asinine, wicked and dangerous while reminding him that the ‘country is already on the brink of war & fratricidal butchery: Gumi should not push us into it with his reckless provocations & deeply insensitive, callous, heartbreaking and insulting commentary.’
He stated further below;
“”If coup plotters are pardoned, why not bandits?”- Sheik Ahmad Gumi.
Maybe we should give Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, King Leopard 11 of Belgium, Osama Bin Ladin, Al Bagdadi, Abubakar Shekau & every other mass murderer& genocidal maniac in world history a posthumous pardon too! First, he urges the terrorists to target Christian soldiers, then he said that the kidnapping of children from their schools by the same terrorists was a lesser evil& now he says this.
Has Sheik Ahmad Gumi finally lost his mind? Is he in desperate need of medical attention? Has he become the official spokesman for the terrorists that are slaughtering, tormenting, raping, mutilating & kidnapping our people all over the country? I am convinced that Gumi is no longer himself. Something has gone wrong with him. He is shrouded in darkness & deceit.
Someone, please tell him that we have had enough of these asinine, puerile, infantile, insensitive, uncharitable, wicked, dangerous & self-serving contributions & remarks. The country is already on the brink of war & fratricidal butchery: Gumi should not push us into it with his reckless provocations & deeply insensitive, callous, heartbreaking and insulting commentary.
The terrorists he is defending are a living manifestation of pure and unadulterated evil and every single one of them deserves to be eliminated or brought to justice in a court of law for their crimes against humanity. Gumi, stop pampering bloodthirsty& blood-lusting psychopaths & murderers. Anyone that targets innocent& defenceless women & children & kills them is the scum of the earth& deserves to be sent to hell in a glorious hail of bullets.”
