Tag: DR AHMAD MAHMUD GUMI

Gumi urges dialogue, spiritual reflection after Katsina mosque attack 

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Gumi urges dialogue

Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has condemned Tuesday’s attack on a mosque in Katsina State, describing it as an abomination and calling for urgent dialogue to end the cycle of violence. In a statement issued yesterday, Gumi said the killings of worshippers during prayers reflected the worsening security situation in the country and demanded “sober reflection and a frank review” of the crisis. “It’s an abomination in all religions to kill an unarmed person, let alone one in prayers,” he said, warning that the conflicts consuming communities were dragging…

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Insecurity: “No politician funding bandits” – Sheikh Gumi

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Sheikh Gumi on bandits

Says they’re fighting due to long-term neglect A prominent Islamic cleric from Kaduna State, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has refuted claims that politicians are funding the ongoing unrest in northern Nigeria, particularly in the North-West region, where insecurity has worsened in recent years. Despite numerous attacks by bandits and other criminal elements, including the killing of the monarch of Gobir in Sokoto State, Gumi insists that political involvement is not to blame. Back in 2021, Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, alleged that politicians were behind banditry sweeping parts of the country.…

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“We discussed how to curb banditry” – Gumi

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Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has said he had a productive interaction with security agencies who invited him over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. Recall that on Monday, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed that the Federal Government had invited the cleric over some of his remarks.  The Minister had said Gumi was not above the law and that he would be reprimanded if security agencies deemed his comments reckless.  In a social media post yesterday, the cleric described his meeting with…

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This administration will not get eight years Sheikh Gumi

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…Says Christians cannot be trusted with Nigeria’s security Renowned cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said that the current administration headed by President Bola Tinubu will not get eight years in power. Gumi, who stated this while preaching via a video clip posted on his Facebook page, also accused the Tinubu administration of nepotism and claimed that they have hijacked all means of money and economic power. Gumi said: There is an agenda. All means of money and economic power have been hijacked by them, they are planning to deceive us…

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Why bandits started killing victims Sheikh Gumi

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Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has disclosed that there must have been something that made bandits to start killing their victims. Speaking at a retreat on inclusive security organised by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa in Abuja, the Kaduna-based Islamic scholar said that the bandits were victims seeking justice, adding that they were out to avenge the killing of their family members by the military through airstrikes. He noted that it was important for the Federal Government to meet with bandits urgently before they become uncontrollable. According…

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Educating herdsmen only way to curb insecurity in Nigeria Sheikh Gumi

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Renowned Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dr. Abubakar Ahmad Gumi, has opined that with the provision of education opportunities to Fulani herdsmen at the grassroots, the raging insecurity in the country could be checked. Sheikh Gumi, who on an inspection visit of the Sheikh Uthman Bin Fodio Centre, at Kagarko Grazing Reserve, Kohoto village, in Kagarko LGA of Kaduna State, donated by Sultan Bello Mosque Foundation, stated that education is the best approach to help widen the knowledge of the Fulani herdsmen against involving themselves in the insecurity situation. Gumi further…

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‘FG should not declare bandits as terrorists’ Sheikh Gumi

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Says it will come at a price Renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has revealed that declaring bandits as terrorists will come at a price, which will result in the involvement of the foreign Jihadist movement. According to Gumi, in a statement titled: Declaring Bandits As Terrorists Will Come With A Prize, the moment they are termed as terrorists, unemployed youths may find it palatable and attractive and join the terrorist group. The statement partly reads: Nobody doubts that sentimentalism today overrides sensibility in our polity. For the sake of…

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‘Presidency not on same page with military” Sheikh Gumi

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Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has given some insight into why the bandits/killer herdsmen crisis rocking the nation still persists. Gumi, in an issued statement on Monday, disclosed that the Presidency and the military were not on the same page when it comes to handling insecurity in the country. He wrote: I have met many of the bandit leaders to see a way out of this gridlock. I have talked to the political class and security agents. Except for an exception, most State governors want a peaceful resolution of…

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‘Army will not shield officers working With bandits’ – Spokesman

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The Nigerian Army has stated that it will not defend any officer caught working with bandits to perpetrating crimes across the country. The Army stated this against the background of the allegation by popular Islamic scholar, Dr. Ahmad Gumi, that bandits had the support of bad elements in the nations security outfit. Recall that the cleric, who earlier spoke during an interview on a television programme, alleged that bandits had access to sophisticated weapons owing to their collusion with security agents. However, the Army, in a statement issued by its…

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Twitter ban: ‘Be mature and accept criticisms’ Gumi tells Buhari

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As Twitter deletes Nnamdi Kanus tweet for violating rules Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to be mature in accepting criticisms. Gumi made the call on Saturday, while reacting to the ban on the micro-blogging and social networking service, Twitter, by the Federal Government.  Speaking with newsmen, the cleric said the Buhari-led government should have a wide chest in accepting criticisms from Nigerians. Recall that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had announced the Federal Government’s suspension of Twitters operation in the country because…

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