PGF DG, Salihu Lukman, blasts Sheik Gumi over bandits amnesty call

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the director-general of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Dr. Salihu Lukman berated Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, for demanding amnesty for bandits causing mayhem in the north.

He described Gumi’s position as a threat to national security and a self-serving venture.

In a statement Lukman titled also faulted Gumi’s comparison of bandits in the north with Niger Delta militants.

He insisted that bandits cannot be placed on the same pedestal with Niger delta militants granted amnesty by the Umaru Musa Yar’adua led administration.

He commended the ongoing full-scale military onslaught on bandits in the north-west and stressed the needs to regulate the conduct of religious leaders.