Sheikh Gumi, who has been leading many negotiation between bandits and state governments, maintained that amnesty, should be granted to the bandits, stating, that it was the only way, the war could end.
Sheikh Abubakar said, that the insecurity situation in Nigeria was before criminal activity, to banditry, but now, it is war between Fulani herdsmen and other Nigeria tribes.
The Islamic Scholar made the disclosure on Channels TV, Politics Today, program on Monday.
The Sheikh revealed: “It is a simple case of criminality which turned into banditry, which turned in to ethnic war and genocide.
“So now, we are not talking about banditry, we are talking about ethnic war, between the nomadic Fulani and others.
“The others include Igbos and the Yorubas and they themselves too.”
Sheikh Gumi revealed that the allegation that foreign herdsmen were responsible for the banditry was not true.
He said: “What happens is, you see, as i have said, now we are having an ethnic war. The Fulani thinks, his existence is threatened.
“What they do, is , when they are having war, they call Fulanis from other countries irrespective of where they are, Fulani is Fulani, they go to defend their kinsmen, just for operation and go back.”
The Sheikh further said, that the only “solution is dialogue and teaching, beca
