A Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has suggested the Federal Authorities to dialogue with the bandit as an alternative of adopting a kinetic method to take care of them.
Mr Gumi, who acknowledged this throughout an interview with ARISE NEWS on Thursday, famous that army motion has made the terrorists extra lethal and monstrous.
The cleric additionally backed the federal authorities resolution to not pay ransom to rescue the kidnapped schoolchildren in Sokoto and Kaduna states.
In keeping with him, as an alternative of paying ransom, the federal government ought to reasonably use non kinetic method to safe the secure launch of the victims.
He additionally stated the N1billion ransom requested by the terrorists was merely a bargaining instrument.
“I imagine no ransom ought to be paid, however have interaction these individuals, give them hope, and never solely on this youngsters’s case.
“I’m so unhappy that the leaders are simply realising that it’s turning right into a struggle. It has been a struggle and never mere criminality.
“If we will see Israel and Hamas sitting right down to trade prisoners, I don’t see why we can not negotiate.
“I assist that the federal government mustn’t pay any ransom, however what I say is that the federal government should dialogue with them.
“From my information about their psychology, that quantity they’re pitching is as a result of they need to have a much bigger bargaining energy, in any other case, I don’t assume of their wildest desires, they might assume the federal government would give them that cash.
“What is occurring now’s that we’re seeing that these bandits are getting increasingly vicious. Prior to now, they don’t do what they do now.
“We are able to solely attribute that to the kinetic method, which is overemphasised. After we hear the politicians speak, nothing is completed about it to beat these individuals. For instance, now we’re combating bandits.
“They’re nameless, how will you battle who you don’t even know? You say lets go in, map them out and all however all these intelligence data should not there.
“How will you know anyone from satellite tv for pc and the high-handed method is what’s making it worse. They’re now kidnapping babies and they’re threatening loss of life which they don’t do earlier than.
“So, I feel what we have to do is return to the drafting board and really be non-kinetic.
“However if you proceed dropping bombs, spraying fuel on the ladies and youngsters, they discover no sympathy and empathy for our youngsters. So, that is it, a watch for a watch.
“So, we’ve to vary our techniques, we’ve to vary our model. What we’ve been doing has not been productive,” he stated.
The cleric additionally acknowledged that it’s reasonably humiliating to have the army get entangled in problems with civilian insurgency.
“Additionally, the army, I used to be within the army myself and I feel it’s humiliating to say the army ought to handle civilian insurgency.
“All we want is superb detective work, superb policing and superb social applications. These individuals conceal civilians and do what they do.
“Allow us to not humiliate and shame our army. This isn’t their job. It’s the job of the politicians, police, and intelligence,” Mr Gumi added.