Tag: Sheikh Dr. Abubakar Mahmoud Gumi

Schools abduction: Gumi offers to negotiate with bandits

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Kaduna-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has revealed his intention to dialogue with bandits who abducted about 287 school-children from Kuriga Government Secondary and LEA Primary Schools in the Chikun local government area of the State. Gumi said this in a bid to facilitate the release of the abducted school-children should President Bola Tinubu give him the opportunity to negotiate. According to the prominent Islamic scholar, Tinubu must not repeat the mistake made by former President Muhammadu Buhari, who refused to dialogue with bandits. Recall that bandits invaded the Kuriga…

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Insecurity: “Negotiate with terrorists, bandits; they need schools, hospitals” – Sheikh Gumi tells FG

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Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called on the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government to negotiate with terrorists. Speaking during a television programme yesterday, Gumi said the Government should build schools, markets and hospitals for bandits. The Islamic cleric said Tinubu’s government should allow bandits have a future, rather than continuing to spend billions of Naira to combat banditry and terrorism. According to Gumi: “Negotiate with these people. Build schools, markets and hospitals for them. Let them have future. “Even the people we call bandits, what they sometimes complain…

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Naira Notes Redesign: “Bandits may now start demanding for dollars”, Sheikh Gumi raises alarm

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…As Naira crashes to ?800 in parallel market Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has slammed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for moving to re-design the Naira at this time. Recall that the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced on Wednesday that new naira notes would be issued by December 15, stating that the move, which has since been approved by President Buhari and other stakeholders, was certain to strengthen the value of the naira. However, according to the cleric, in an issued statement, titled: “Changing the Naira: This is no…

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Calls For Gumi’s Arrest: “Touch cleric, touch fire”, Northern Youths warn

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Following the call for the arrest of the Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Abubakar Gumi, the Northern Youths Council of Nigeria, (NYCN), has warned that anyone who touches the cleric will have it to contend with. The NYCN, in an issued press statement yesterday, signed by its National President, Isah Abubakar, expressed its dissatisfaction with some individuals, under the aegis of Coalition for Peace in Nigeria (COPIN), over a statement allegedly issued, urging the Department for State Services (DSS) to arrest and prosecute the Kaduna-based Islamic cleric over his alleged…

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Kaduna Train Attack: How Gumi secured release of seven more abducted passengers

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Disturbed by the gory videos images of four children of the same family viewed in the last video released by the attackers of the Abuja-Kaduna bound train, Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Gumi, has reached out to the abductors consistently and pleaded with them to consider the release of the poor children and their innocent parents. Recall that a train heading from Abuja to Kaduna was attacked by terrorists who opened fire on 362 passengers on board, killing eight persons and whisking away an unspecified number of people on March 28. This…

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2023 Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Tinubu’s choice, winning strategy – Gumi

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The renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu’s choice of running mate was a winning strategy by the Party, adding that it has nothing to do with religion. There have been speculations that Tinubu’s decision to pick a fellow Muslim, Kashim Shettima, as his running mate for the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections. Many Party members have continued to resign their membership of the party since the announcement was made on Sunday. Gumi, while speaking to newsmen, said the Muslim-Muslim ticket…

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Sheikh Gumi launches Nomadic Rights group to protect Fulani

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Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Friday, announced the formation of the Nomadic Rights Concern (NORIC), an organisation meant for the protection of the rights of the Fulani people. According to Gumi, NORIC’s sole mandate would be to protect the interests of herders across Nigeria through the use of legal means. While stating the objectives of the newly formed NORIC during an interaction with newsmen in Kaduna, the cleric said the persecution and stereotyping of Fulani herdsmen and their arbitrary arrest across the country was the reason behind the formation…

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General Elections: “Your vote is your power to change Nigeria’s narrative in 2023”, Gumi tells Nigerians

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Renowned Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh (Dr.) Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, yesterday, urged Nigerians to register and vote in the 2023 elections in order to change Nigeria’s narrative. Gumi, who stated this on his verified Facebook page after re-registering for his lost voter card, also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to extend the voter registration exercise to cover rural areas and Internally-Displaced Persons, (IDPs). The cleric maintained that no eligible Nigerian should be disenfranchised and warned that no one should complain about bad governance if he or she fails to…

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Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack: “They have money to buy party forms but can’t pay ransom to terrorists” – Gumi hits FG

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Renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has advised the Federal Government to pay ransom to the terrorists holding the 62 abducted passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train. The cleric stated this during the special prayers organised for the victims by the Jama’iyyar Matan Arewa, (JMA), on Thursday in Kaduna. Recall that terrorists had on March 28 attacked the train, killing nine passengers and abducting 62 others. Gumi said, “Just imagine now, people are paying up to N25 billion to buy forms instead of using the money to pay ransom for poor…

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End of Ramadan Lecture: ‘Free abducted Kaduna-Abuja train passengers’, Sheikh Gumi appeal to terrorists

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Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has appealed to the terrorists who abducted some passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna-bound train on March 28, 2022, to free them “in the name of God”. This comes after the cleric had formed an advocacy group aimed at championing the rights of Fulani herders. Gumi announced the creation of a group, to be known as ‘Nomadic Rights Concern’, during his Ramadan sermon at the Sultan Bello Mosque, in Kaduna. According to him, it will bring attention to the abuses and violations of the rights of Fulani…

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