Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi said on Thursday that he honoured the invitation by the Department of State Services (DSS).
The cleric also revealed that the discussion he had with the Service centered on how best to tame banditry in Nigeria.
ASHENEWS reported HERE that Security agencies had invited the cleric over some comments attributed to him on banditry.
The Minister of Information and Orientation, Mohammed Idris had said, “The government will stop at nothing to get any kind of information that is required to solve our problems. The security agencies are up and doing.
“Sheik Gumi and any other individual are not above the law, if he has suggestions that are good enough and that are constructive enough for the security agencies to take, they will take.
“But if they think that he is also making some statements that appear to be reckless, he will also be reprimanded.
“There is nobody above the law. Let me put it here. And I’m aware that he has also been a guest of security agencies to answer questions.
“When you make remarks, especially those that border on our national security it is incumbent on our national security to think further, and they are doing just that, no one is above the law,” Idris said.
Gumi sod, “Last night, I got many frantic calls from well wishers and journalists about a news item that I was interviewed by security. There is absolutely no cause for alarm.
“Yes, we had a productive interaction on how to curb banditry as we are all trying – each in his own sphere – to tackle the monster bedevelling the nation. There was no animosity but courtesy and full respect.
“We all need as a nation to unite and work in synergy to achieve an everlasting peace. I thank you for your concern. May Allah continue to protect us all from all evil. Amin,” Gumi said.
There have been calls by groups and individuals on the Federal Government to arrest and prosecute for his utterances especially when he criticized the list of terrorism sponsors recently released carrying the name of his Media Aide, Tukur Mamu who has been with the DSS for several months.
He insisted that the terrorist sponsor themselves with the monies they collect in the name of ransome when they kidnap innocent citizens.
