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E-transmission: Money politics, mediocrity, political blackmailing�ll vanish – Sheikh Gumi

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 Aminu Imam

Renowned Islamic scholar and preacher, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has hailed the decision by the Senate which allows the Independent National Electoral Commission to transmit election results electronically. In a post on Facebook, the cleric said the development will reduce rigging and votes manipulation which bad politicians have been using to hold the country at its jugular veins. Gumi also said the e-transmission of election results will reduce money politics, mediocrity, and political blackmailing to the barest minimum. This was disclosed in a statement titled: �The Revised Electoral Act On Electronic…

“You’re a bootlicker”, Sheikh Gumi slams Femi Adesina

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Aminu Imam

Renowned Islamic cleric,� Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari�s Senior Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, after the latter called him a �bandit-lover� who allegedly discourages the military from onslaughts against bandits in the North. Gumi, who has been at the forefront of negotiations with bandits who kidnap schoolchildren for ransom, had recently called on the federal government to grant amnesty to bandits, warning that military action was not the best solution to their activities. However, Adesina, in a Facebook post on Thursday, accused Gumi of dampening the…

Insurgency: “Bandits going nowhere till FG gives them amnesty like Niger Delta militants” � Sheikh Gumi

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has again asked the Federal Government to grant amnesty to bandits just like it gave to Niger Delta militants. Gumi, who has been visiting bandits in the forest in an attempt to negotiate a peace deal with them disclosed this in a Facebook post titled: �Zamfara: The Flaring Of Crisis� yesterday. According to the renowned cleric, military action against criminal herdsmen and bandits will not solve the security challenge, but �will only worsen the situation�. According to him, no military, especially that of a…

“Politicians who hired private jets to attend Buhari son�s wedding are also bandits” – Sheikh Gumi�

August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Says some leaders milk Nigerians dry like bandits Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has condemned the hiring of private jets by politicians to attend the wedding ceremony of Yusuf Buhari, the son of President Muhammadu Buhari. Recall that the president�s son, Yusuf, on Friday married the daughter of Emir of Bichi, Nasiru Bayero, Zarah, in a grand ceremony which took place in Bichi, Kano. The wedding was attended by President Vice-President, a former President and former Vice President, serving and former governors, traditional rulers, as well as prominent personalities…

Insecurity: “Resign with immediate effect” � Sheikh Gumi urges Buhari

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Says blood flowing across the nation Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over his inability to secure the country from criminals, which makes the blood of innocent lives to flow in the country. The Islamic scholar made these revelations as he addressed a Muslim gathering yesterday. Gumi further said he had two options, which is to either apologise to Jonathan or to ask Buhari to resign. He said he was not left with a third option, insisting that Buhari should resign for not tackling…

Kaduna abductions: NANS meets Gumi over safety of students

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Aminu Imam

A delegation of the National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) led by its president, Sunday Asefon, has met with controversial Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, to discuss matters of insecurity and incessant abduction of students. Asefon, in an issued statement yesterday, said the students� body met Sheikh Gumi on efforts to secure the release of Nigerian students in captivity. At least three groups of students are currently being held by bandits with blurry hopes of release. These include the 136 pupils of Saliu Tanko Islamic school in Tegina, Rafi local government…

Just In: “DSS didn�t invite, question me” � Sheikh Gumi

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Aminu Imam

Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has debunked reports the Department of State Security Service, (DSS) invited and questioned him over allegations that he claimed some soldiers were aiding banditry during an interview on a television programme. Although the DSS spokesman, Dr. Peter Afunanya, had confirmed in a WhatsApp broadcast the cleric was invited for questioning, Dr. Gumi however took to his Facebook page, on Friday evening, to maintain he was neither invited for questioning nor arrested by the DSS. He insisted there was nothing like that, adding that he…

Breaking! DSS quizzes Sheikh Gumi

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Department of State Security (DSS) has invited Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh (Dr.) Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, for questioning over remarks he made in a television interview where he allegedly opined that the secret operatives were conniving with bandits as a business. A report by the Voice of America (VOA) Hausa service monitored on Friday, said Gumi was invited at the Kaduna office of the DSS, after the military authorities took exception to comments by Sheikh Gumi, alleging that their operatives were conniving with bandits. Gumi is known for making controversial…

‘Bandits better than IPOB’ � Gumi

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Aminu Imam

…Says comparison unfair, as IPOB kills security agents while herdsmen kidnap children for money. Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh (Dr.) Ahmad Gumi, has said bandits wreaking havoc in Nigeria�s North-West and North-Central regions cannot be compared with a separatist group like the Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), because they only kidnap school children for money. The cleric, who is known to have access to bandits, said herdsmen�s crimes weigh significantly lesser than those of IPOB who he said attack security agencies. Speaking on a television programme yesterday, Gumi called for �fairness�…

“Engage bandits if you want schools secured”, Gumi tells FG

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Aminu Imam

�Says there are about 100,000 bandits in N/West alone Prominent Islamic cleric, Dr. Ahmad Gumi, has asked the Federal Government to engage bandits in order to guarantee security in schools. No fewer than six kidnappings of school children have occurred in the North-West and North-Central parts of the country, with not less than 700 students and staff abducted since December 2020. The latest abduction occurred when bandits attacked Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, in Kebbi State and abducted many students and staff. The abductions have resulted in the suspension of boarding…