The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited Sheik Ahmad Gumi.
DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, who confirmed this on Friday, said the cleric was invited for interrogation by the service but he did not state why Gumi was invited.
He also declined to comment when asked whether Gumi will be released later in the day.
”Sheikh Gumi was invited by the Service. It’s not out of place for the Service to invite any person of interest”, Afunanya told Daily Trust.
VOA’s Hausa Service quoted Gumi’s spokesman, Tukur Mamu, as confirming the Sheikh’s invitation to the commission’s Kaduna office.
Gumi had earlier in the week while appearing on Arise Television, said bandits would not have had access to weapons without the connivance of corrupt security operatives.
The military had earlier cautioned Gumi to be mindful of his utterances.
In a statement signed by its spokesperson, the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Onyeama Nwachukwu, said the allegations made by Gumi were serious and an attempt to demoralise its troops.
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