Primate Ayodele Cautions Tinubu Not To Permit Gumi To Negotiate With Terrorists
Primate Elijah Ayodele, the head of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, forewarned President Tinubu not to permit Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi to mediate the release of the 285 students who were kidnapped in Kaduna.
Primate Ayodele claimed that it is not ideal for a civilian to be negotiating with terrorists unless he is one of them in a statement released on Thursday and signed by his media assistant, Osho Oluwatosin.
He clarified that letting Gumi negotiate will result in other kidnapping attempts and ransom payments, meaning that kidnapping will not soon come to an end.
As he seems to know the terrorists, he recommended that the government question Sheikh Gumi and, if feasible, prosecute him in order to determine his role in the kidnapping attempt.
“Let us allow the security agencies to get to the root of this issue, civilian interference will destroy our security outfit and turn it into something else. If a civilian negotiates, it means he is part of the kidnappers, and any civilian that wants to get involved in the negotiation should be arrested and prosecuted.
“Allowing Sheikh Gumi to negotiate for the release of 285 children abducted in Kaduna is not advisable, he should be interrogated and prosecuted except the government is afraid of him. If he knows something about the kidnap, he should provide the information for the military and security agencies and not going to negotiate.”
He made it clear that it is the duty of Nigerians to assist security services in securing the release of these kids and ending the threat to our community. For the benefit of the country as a whole, he urged people who are aware of the terrorists to come clean.
“We need to rise up to save these children; it's a bad signal to the government. We can't go anywhere and be asking for mercenaries, it belittles our security agencies. It's time to take it seriously because they are a new syndicate. This kidnap was a setup, Tinubu should take it seriously or else it will blackmail his government. If you allow negotiations, there will be a big crisis. People are behind kidnapping.
“Security agencies are not to be blamed; if the people are not cooperating there's nothing they can do. We need to cooperate with them. Allowing this menace to escalate will be tantamount to economic hardship, scarcity and hardship. If they blame security personnel, it will not work.
“These people are within our society and the people need to expose them because they know them. This is not the best time for our country, many things are happening and going wrong. Things will be getting hard if we don't curb kidnapping by supporting our security agencies, it will collapse the economy. Ransom is not the way to end kidnapping,” he added.
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