Islamic cleric Sheikh Gumi has described the k!dnapping of school children as a “lesser evil” compared to k!lling soldiers, insisting that Nigeria must negotiate with bandits to prevent greater bloodshed.

Speaking in an interview with the BBC shared on Tuesday, December 9, Gumi said that while the abduction of minors is “evil,” it remains less grievous when compared to the maiming of soldiers.

 

“Saying that kidnapping children is a lesser evil than k!lling your soldiers, definitely is lesser. K!lling is worse than, but they are all ev!l. It’s just a lesser ev!l. Not all ev!ls are of the same power.”he said

He cited previous incidents, including the mass abduction in Kebbi State, arguing that the victims were freed without fatalities.

 

“So it’s a lesser ev!l than, like, what happened in Kebbi. They abd@cted children, and they were released. They didn’t k!ll them.”he said