Popular Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmed Gumi who met with bandits in forests between Tegina and Birnin gwari in Kaduna state, has stated that the schoolboys and staff who were Kidnapped from a school in Niger state will soon be released.
A source in the delegation at the meeting, told The Nation that Sheikh Gumi met with the bandits leader, Dogo Gide, among other top Commanders at Dutsen Magaji Forest.
It was further discovered that the government also sent a strong team of delegation to meet with the bandits and negotiate with them. Sheikh Gumi and his entourage are also reportedly on their way back to Minna.
