An Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has asked the government to pay the N100 ransom demanded by kidnappers who abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna.
Gumi said in an interview with Punch that the Central Bank of Nigeria should pay the N100m ransom being demanded by the kidnappers of the students.
He warned the government should not take lightly the kidnappers’ threat to kill the remaining students.
Gumi made the call as a parent of one of the abductees lamented that the kidnappers were insisting on a ransom of N100m.
The kidnappers demanded in addition to the money 10 kidnapper’s motorcycles.
Gumi, who spoke on the telephone, lamented that his efforts, which had been yielding fruits, were not being appreciated by the government.
“The money they are asking for is too much; if I give you that money, you cannot run away with it. Nobody can run. So, why not give them the money, they release the boys and then we pursue them and get our money back and do what is necessary; it is simple logic. So, bring the money from the central bank. How can they move that money? We should not be stupid,” Gumi said.
“These people are getting infiltrated; Boko Haram is getting close and they don’t respect the clergy. I need support to get them inoculated against the infiltration of these ideologies, whether Boko Haram or Ansaru, whatever it is. We need to shield them because they are naïve. If there is too much pressure on them, and they see help from Boko Haram, who are richer and have more weapons, it is going to consume everybody.”
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