Activist lawyer Deji Adeyanju has called on the Nigerian government to immediately arrest controversial Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi over comments he allegedly made in support of bandits and the ongoing security crisis in the country.
The call comes amid a viral video in which Gumi could be heard asserting that Fulani herdsmen “are part of us and we are part of them. We must live with them,” remarks which critics have condemned as defending terrorists.
Speaking on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Adeyanju insisted that terrorist sympathizers should be treated as terrorists, stressing that such individuals can only thrive in a failed state.
“People like Gumi can only survive in a country without a government. Terrorists sympathizers are terrorists. His words and actions promote terrorism in Nigeria. I call on the government to arrest him to serve as a deterrent to others,” Adeyanju wrote.
