Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has condemned calls to execute repentant insurgents and secessionists, arguing this violates both Islamic teaching and international law. He made the comments in a Facebook post Friday, days after the Senate called on the Federal Government to end rehabilitation programs for repentant terrorists and instead prosecute them.

Gumi contended that killing repentant fighters or prisoners of war is morally indefensible and warned that the International Criminal Court is watching such actions closely. He argued that resorting to the same tactics terrorist groups use — killing perceived enemies — undermines morality without advancing the fight against insecurity, and that decisions in conflict shouldn't be driven by emotion.

His direct quote, kept short: he said killing repentant insurgents violates religious and international law, and asked "where is morality" in such an approach — comparing it to terrorist logic.

This followed the Senate's Tuesday resolution pushing for prosecution over rehabilitation for those convicted of terrorism-related offenses, as part of wider efforts to address Nigeria's security crisis.