What Nigeria can learn from Israel-Hamas ceasefire to tackle banditry – Sheikh Gumi

Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to consider negotiating with bandits as a path toward lasting peace in Nigeria.

The cleric made this statement in response to the recent ceasefire and hostage exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas, facilitated by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Gumi, who made his position known on his verified Facebook page throuhg a cryptic post on Monday, said Tinubu government should use the United States of America’s peace model which he noted involved the Hamas, whom the Western world once described as “terrorists”.

Gumi wrote: “Peace between Israel and Hamas they term as terrorists brokered by USA. Who said there is no peace with terrorists? Make peace with bandits and let us have peace.”