Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has slammed those urging government to arrest him

Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has slammed those urging government to arrest him because of the meetings he holds with bandits, describing them as clowns.

Gumi, who revealed, yesterday, that government officials also attend meetings with bandits, said he was not the first to hold dialogue with bandits.

He said: “Even the Kaduna State governor dialogued with them, Zamfara governor dialogued with them.

“I’m not the first person that started dialoguing with them (bandits). I only added value, and I find them to be religious; religion is the only thing that teaches you that blood has sanctity. So this is the religious angle.