The Department of State Services (DSS) has finally invited Sheik Ahmad Gumi, apparently for questioning.
Gumi is known for speaking for the Bandits that are terrorizing the Northwest of Nigeria in recent times. He once had a meeting with them in the forest.
Many social commentators had wondered why Gumi had not been invited by the DSS, to state his relationship with the Bandits.
Peter Afunanya, spokesman of the DSS, confirming the news on Friday in Abuja, said the cleric was invited for interrogation by the service but he did not state why Gumi was invited.
“Sheikh Gumi was invited by the Service. It’s not out of place for the Service to invite any person of interest”.
Gumi had been immersed in controversies recently.
During an interview on an ARISE Television programme earlier in the week, Gumi disclosed that bandits would not have had access to weapons without the connivance of corrupt security operatives.
The military had earlier cautioned Gumi to be mindful of his utterances.
In a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Onyeama Nwachukwu, the military said the allegations made by Dr. Gumi were serious and an attempt to demoralise its troops.
However, in response, his spokesman, Sheikh Gumi, dismissed the allegations made against him by the Army, saying the incidents were unfortunate.
He said in the entire discussion, the cleric did not blame the entire military, saying it was a fact that many people had fought, and even the soldiers themselves had repeatedly accused of being barbaric.
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