Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has questioned the mental
health of popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, following his
comment that killer bandits should be forgiven.
Gumi, in his justification for amnesty for bandits, said if coup
plotters and those who instigated the civil war could be forgiven, he
sees no reason why bandits can’t also be forgiven.
Gumi had said, “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, they are criminals. I
wonder who is not a criminal. Since Nigeria forgave coup plotters,
forgave those that killed. Even those that instigated civil war; a civil
war that millions of people died, I see no reason why we can not accept
their repentance.”
Reacting to Gumi’s statement, Fani-Kayode took to his Twitter handle to
blast the Islamic cleric.
He wrote, “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.”