“Gumi had on many occasions visited the forest hideouts of bandits terrorising the North West and negotiated on their behalf with government and security agents. “
*Photo L-R: Gumi, Obi*
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party Mr. Peter Obi on Monday visited controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi.
Obi was at the Kaduna residence of Gumi in company with his running mate, Senator Ahmed Datti.
Confirming the visitation on his verified handle, Obi himself wrote. “Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed and I stopped by for a courtesy call on Sheikh Gumi at his official residence in Kaduna. -PO”
Gumi had on many occasions visited the forest hideouts of bandits terrorising the North West and negotiated on their behalf with government and security agents.
His associate, Mamu Tukur was recently arrested in Cairo Egypt after several cases of negotiations between families of the victims abducted from the scene of the attacks on a Abuja- bond train in March this year.
Mamu is in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) and has been accused of having questions to answer over his relationship with the terrorists.