An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has stated why herdsmen cannot leave banditry.

Speaking during an interview on AIT, Gumi the herdsmen would not have a source of financing their war machine if they leave banditry.
He was speaking on ‘Ending Insecurity; Amnesty and Negotiation with Bandits’.
According to him, the herdsmen have gone through a lot of hardship with no government sitting down to look into their plights and modernize them.
The Islamic cleric said, “If they leave banditry, they won’t have a source of financing for, Tap to expand.