Gumi slams Nigerian govt for ‘attacking’ BBC, Daily Trust – Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, an Islamic cleric, on Friday criticised the government’s intention to punish the BBC Africa Eye and Daily Trust in particular for their recent stories.Information Guide Nigeria 

He claimed the stories revealed the politics of insecurity, the origins of the crisis, and how bandits and terrorists effectively overran numerous areas in the North West.

RIPPLES NIGERIA reports that Gumi praised local and foreign media outlets for bravely reporting on the issue of insecurity in the country.

Gumi said, the “FG’s attempt in trying to find a scapegoat to justify its glaring failure after wasting over $16 billion in the last seven years without any commensurate result on security and efforts to blackmail certain media organisations for their patriotism in reporting the crisis is unfortunate and should be resisted by all responsible media organisations.”

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He noted that assertions that the BBC and others, such as Daily Trust, are endorsing terrorism or giving bandits unfair attention are misguided, narrow-minded, and malicious.

Gumi advised the media to constantly hold the government accountable and not to be intimidated or give in to official blackmail, especially in light of its failure to protect lives and property while having billions at its disposal.

He said, “What is happening in Nigeria today, especially in the North West as clearly captured by the BBC, is more of an ethnic war and reprisal killings and attacks due to the government’s failure to address well-documented instances of injustices that were initially done to the Fulanis.”

“What do you expect from a society (Fulani) that was left in total ignorance and lack of education, especially when their primary means of livelihood (cattle) has been completely rustled by other criminal elements within and outside our security agencies without any effort by the government to address the injustice.Jamb Result

“As I talk to you now, cattle rustling has not stopped. Many law-abiding Fulanis have fallen victims to the official extortion of their cows. I have well-documented evidence involving some security agents in which I personally intervened. How do you expect as a government to address insecurity, especially related to Fulani bandits without addressing such instances of extortion and rustling?”

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