The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri has wondered why the the President Muhammadu Buhari government arrested a leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu and spared renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, over his alleged link to bandits.
Diri made this remark on on Tuesday, during an interview with Channels TV.
He lamented that Gumi had become somebody no one could touch, noting that such treatment is very unfair.
Diri said, “Two things I have to say; first, they should give him [Nnamdi Kanu] a fair hearing so that the trial will not be done in a way that everyone (especially the Igbo) will see it as oppression.
“Second, as we talk about the IPOB, what about the boys (bandits and herdsmen) organising killings in the North and in the whole country? What of Sheik Gumi? He has become somebody no one can touch. That’s very unfair.”
Recall that Gumi had rwarned the government against the killing of bandits, noting that they were victims too.
