Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Kaduna-based cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, have called on the Federal Government to create a special court to deal quickly with cases of banditry, kidnapping and illegal arms bearing as a way of ending the menace of insecurity in the country.
Both men also advocated serious punishment for illegal carrying of arms.
These were contained in a join statement signed by both Obasanjo and Gumi after a closed door meeting at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, Abeokuta.
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The duo also proposed covert protection and reward for whistle blowers who give information on criminals living within their communities.
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