The Department of State Security Service (DSS) has invited controversial Islamic cleric Sheikh Abubakar Ahmed Gumi for questioning.
DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya confirmed “Gumi was invited by the Service.”
“It’s not out of place for the Service to invite any person of interest,” he added.
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For running verbal darts in the mouth like a leaking faucet, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, an Islamic cleric, scholar, Mufti and Mufassir at the Kaduna Central Mosque, was invited by the Department of State Security Service (DSS) on Thursday for questioning, VOA reports.
Gumi was, as the report indicated, invited by the DSS after he alleged on Arive TV interview that security officials “work with bandits to carry out criminal activities.”
In fact, the Nigerian Army denied the accusation: “It is essential to remind ourselves that this same military, being accused of connivance, are the ones who recently put their lives on the line to rescue abductees of the Government Secondary School, Birnin Yauri from kidnappers,” the army explained in a statement.
“While the NA will not attempt to excuse the possibility of black sheep amongst its fold, it must be stated unambiguously that it will not condone any form of sabotage or aiding and assisting the enemy by any personnel.”
Following the reoccurrence of kidnappings, murder and other terrorism acts by bandits operating predominantly in the northern region of the country, Gumi has become popular for advocating peace deals with bandits as he had at different occasions acted as a major role between the bandits and their victims during negotiations.
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