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Immediate past Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani has revealed the content of his meeting with Islamic cleric, Sheik Abubakar Gumi on Monday.
Sheik Gumi over the last few months became more popular following his two visits to the criminal bandits enclave discussing with them on ways forward.
In a tweett on Tuesday, Senator Sani disclosed that the Islamic cleric told him that the newly independent Islamic terrorist group, Ansaru are giving the bandits huge support which will make interventions very complicated.
“On my visit, Sheikh Dr Ahmad Gumi revealed that the Islamist terrorist group Ansaru, actually infiltrated some of the bandits in the North West. And that is complicating interventions,” Senator Sani tweeted.
On my visit,Sheikh Dr Ahmad Gumi revealed that the Islamist terrorist group Ansaru,actually infiltrated some of the Bandits in the North West.And that is complicating interventions.
— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) March 30, 2021
TNG reports Ansaru is an Islamic fundamentalist Jihadist militant organisation based in the northeast of Nigeria. It originated as a faction of Boko Haram, but became officially independent in 2012.
Despite this, Ansaru and other Boko Haram factions continued to work closely together until the former increasingly declined, and stopped its insurgent activities in 2015.
Since then, Ansaru is mostly dormant though its members continue to spread propaganda for their cause.