Gumi Breaks Silence After Meeting With Security Agents

The New Diplomat
Writer
Sheikh Gumi's Brother Has Not Been Kidnapped

Ad

The Gift of Hindsight: What I Would Tell My Younger Self, By Johnson Babalola

By Johnson Babalola @jbdlaw Hindsight, they say, is life’s most generous teacher—but it sends its lessons late. It is only after the storms that the patterns become clear; only after the wrong turns that the map begins to make sense. As I celebrate another birthday today and have grown older, I often find myself reflecting…

Gasoline Prices Drop Toward Pandemic-Era Lows

The national average price of gasoline dropped below $3 a gallon over the weekend. GasBuddy has predicted that prices will go even lower in the coming weeks, with good prospects of motorists enjoying sub-$3 prices for extended periods. This drop is overwhelmingly being driven by the significant increase in oil production from OPEC throughout 2025.…

Alleged Christian Genocide Claim is Damaging Nigeria’s Image– Tuggar Laments

By Abiola Olawale Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has voiced concern over what he described as the damaging impact of the "Christian genocide" narrative on Nigeria's international image. This is as the Minister claimed that the country's complex security challenges are being falsely simplified as religious persecution. Speaking at the Reuters NEXT Gulf Summit…

Ad

By Abiola Olawale

Popular Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has revealed the details of his discussion with the Nigerian security agents.

The Cleric said he had a fruitful discussion with Nigerian security agents who invited him over security issues.

The New Diplomat reports that the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, had on Monday told reporters at the State House, Abuja, that Gumi had been invited by the security agencies.

The invitation came after several years of Gumi’s advocating for the bandits. Gumi had at different times advocated for the interest of the banditry. The cleric had in the past demanded that amnesty be granted to the marauding bandits. He had also visited bandits in the forest and had solicited for them several times.

Gumi after honoring the invitation of the security agencies on Monday said in a statement on his Facebook page that he is not above the law but only the innocent are above the law.

He said there was no cause for alarm as he had a fruitful discussion with the security agents.

“Last night I got many frantic calls from well-wishers and journalists about a news item that I was interviewed by security. There is no cause for alarm.

“Yes, we had a productive interaction on how to curb banditry as we are all trying -each in his sphere – to tackle the monster bedeviling the nation. There was no animosity but courtesy and full of respect.

“We all need as a nation to unite and work in synergy to achieve an everlasting peace. Thank you for your concern. May Allah continue to protect us all from all evil. Amin,” Gumi wrote after meeting with the security agents.

Ad

X whatsapp