The Department of State Security Service (DSS) has invited controversial Islamic cleric Sheikh Abubakar Ahmed Gumi for questioning.
A report by VOA Hausa, says the invitation came after a controversy between Gumi and the Nigerian Army.
Recall that Gumi, during an interview with ARISE TV, accused the Nigerian military of aiding and abetting banditry in the North.
The Islamic cleric stated this while answering a question on the nationality of the bandits terrorising the North.
“These bandits are operating with a lot of criminal elements in our security system. Banditry is a business. How are the weapons being transported across the borders without any interception from security operatives? These weapons can’t come in without the knowledge of some people in the security system. There are people making money from this in the Military. The system needs a complete overhaul,” he said.
A statement signed by the spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Onyeama Nwachukwu, said the allegations made by Sheikh Gumi was not only a tragedy, but a deliberate attempt to smear the soldiers regardless of how they sold their lives for security in Nigeria.
