Tag: SHEIK GUMI

Sheikh Gumi appeals to Nigerians to engage in peaceful protest against Tinubu

Aminu Imam
Gumi appeals

…Says Buhari protested against Jonathan Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has appealed to Nigerians to engage in a peaceful protest against President Bola Tinubus government. Gumi urged Nigerians to engage in peaceful protests as a means of conveying their grievances to the Government. In a video clip, the Islamic scholar recounted that former President Muhammadu Buhari protested against the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. According to Gumi: Politicians are very stubborn; it is mass protests that only disturb them. In Sudan and Liberia, the conflicts were like family feuds, which…

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Niger Delta Congress berates Gumi over attack on Wike

Aminu Imam

Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has slammed controversy Kaduna-based Islamic cleric said Sheikh Ahmad Gumi for demanding the removal of Nyesom Wike, former governor of Rivers State as minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Recall that Gumi had, in a sermon recently, described Wike as Satan for hosting the Israeli ambassador to Nigeria in his office in Abuja, while demanding his sack as FCT minister. But responding to the remarks, the NDC said its attention has drawn to the recent negative broadcast by Sheikh Gumi against the FCT Minister, Nyesom…

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2023 Guber: Kaduna Traders Association endorses Ashiru

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

As the race for the 2023 Gubernatorial ambition to Sir Kashim Ibrahim House heats up, the Kaduna State Traders association, with members cutting across the state three senatorial districts, has endorsed Right Honourable Isa Ashiru Kudan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kaduna State, for the 11th March, 2023 governorship elections.  Ashiru was adopted as its candidate during a stakeholders meeting with the traders in Kaduna. The state chairman of the association, Alhaji Adamu Usman said the endorsement became necessary in the face of the harsh economic situation that…

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Banditry: ‘Gumis position self-serving, threat to national security’ – DG APC PGF boss warns

Aminu Imam

The Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman, has faulted the Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, for calling on the authorities to grant amnesty to bandits in the country. The APC chieftain said Gumis position was not only self-serving but clearly a threat to national security. The PGF boss, in a piece entitled: Nigerian Democracy and Challenges of Nation Building, yesterday in Abuja, said bandits cannot be placed on the same pedestal with Niger-Delta militants granted amnesty by the Umaru Musa YarAdua led administration. Lukman, who applauded…

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Gumi compares agitators of Biafra, Oduduwa Republics to Boko Haram

Aminu Imam

A renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has condemned those agitating for Biafra and Oduduwa Republics. In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC) Pidgin on Saturday, the Islamic cleric, who compared the agitators to the Boko Haram terrorists, described them as miscreants. Gumi said those agitating for Biafra and Oduduwa Republics are not different from the Boko Haram sect terrorists in the North. The cleric said that the majority of Nigerians want a united nation where peace and equity abound and not a country divided along ethnic and…

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Southern Kaduna peace: Dr Gumis House of Kaduna Family move to impact process

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Prominent Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Dr. Ahmad Mahmud Gumi, has assured that House of Kaduna Family would work hard to impact positively on the on-going peace process in Southern Kaduna. Dr. Gumi, who is the co-chairman of Kaduna House Family, gave the assurance at the Southern Kaduna Stakeholders Dialogue On Promoting Social Cohesion and Peace Building in Kafanchan, Jemaa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to him, conflicts in the area had lingered on for too long and it had become necessary that concerned men and women of goodwill should…

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