Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has called on President Muhammadu Buhari administration to tackle Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, over his link to bandits.
Speaking on the rearrest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB on Tuesday, Diri said that Gumi had become somebody no one can touch, adding that it was very unfair.
He said: “Two things I have to say. First, they should give him [Nnamdi Kanu] a fair hearing so that the trial will not be done in a way that everyone (especially the Igbo) will see it as oppression.
“Second, as we talk about the IPOB, what about the boys (bandits and herdsmen) organising killings in the North and in the whole country? What of Sheik Gumi? He has become somebody no one can touch. That’s very unfair.”
Diri is among the three governors who have called on the Federal Government to arrest Gumi, bandits and Fulani herdsmen over their atrocities in the country.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and his Benue counterpart, Samuel Ortom had in separate fora demanded the arrest and prosecution of Gumi for aiding bandits.
