Renowned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has escalated his commentary on Nigeria’s worsening insecurity, sharing a fervent prayer on social media on Thursday that seeks divine justice against those profiting from the nation’s violence.
In a Facebook post titled “My prayer today,” Sheikh Gumi implored God to expose and punish all individuals and entities, whether foreign or local,.who are behind, sponsor, or benefit from the “insecurity and bloodbath in Nigeria.”
He wrote, “Ya Allah! Whoever initiated or is behind this insecurity and bloodbath in Nigeria, whether foreign or citizen, or has any benefit, material or otherwise, or is even happy that people are being killed, or willingly did nothing to stop it, may by Your divine power be exposed and Your anger poured upon them and punished immediately without harm to the innocent. Amin. Say Amin!”
Responding to the post, Sani Badamasi commented, “Let me tell you something, you may not know with all due respect, sir, telling the bandits that they were cheated is part of encouragement, sympathising with them is also part of it, not only giving them weapons or money. There are some words that are more dangerous than weapons.”
Sheikh Gumi replied simply, “Just say Amin.”
Another user, Endless Joe, added, “Yes, I agree with this your prayers, anyone who in one way or the other is trying to speak or has spoken in favour of the enemies of Nigeria AKA ‘Bandits’ will not see the end of this year.”
Gumi responded, “Amin to all the enemies of Nigeria, bandits included. Ok. Say Ameen to my prayer too!”
Earlier in November, The PUNCH reported that Gumi, who has long acted as a mediator between the government and bandit groups, reacted strongly to calls for his arrest over his continued commentary on national security.
Critics accused him of shielding bandits and terrorists by urging the government to negotiate with them rather than relying solely on force.
In a subsequent interview on Channels Television, Gumi stressed that some armed groups are willing to surrender, arguing that the government should consider a non-kinetic approach in addition to military operations.
