Fear Grips Gumi, Cries Out For Help Over Elimination Plan, Reveals Next Action
Popular Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has alleged that his name has been listed among individuals marked for elimination alongside members of the Boko Haram terror group.
Gumi made the claim while addressing his congregation, stating that he received an early-morning phone call from a security source in Abuja who informed him that his name came up during a high-level security meeting. He said the caller, whose identity he declined to disclose, warned him that he had been singled out for possible elimination.
“They called me from Abuja, that there was a security meeting,” Gumi said. “They said I have been marked; that I will be eliminated. And who are Boko Haram?”
According to the cleric, the source told him his name was among those allegedly discussed for assassination during the meeting. He questioned the labeling of individuals as terrorists and criticised foreign involvement in Nigeria’s security challenges.
“Even the Americans said they came to fight terrorists, so who are the terrorists?” he asked. “They are the ones.”
Gumi went on to blame the United States for the emergence and persistence of Boko Haram insurgency, alleging that foreign actions contributed significantly to Nigeria’s insecurity.
“They are the ones doing it – Boko Haram. You will hear something. Here, won’t they put bomb?” he said.
The cleric further claimed that Nigeria’s worsening insecurity and social divisions were fueled by false narratives, destruction, and policies he attributed to former United States President Donald Trump. He accused Nigerian leaders and religious figures of remaining silent as the country drifted deeper into crisis.
According to Gumi, foreign-backed funding and narratives had created divisions by portraying Christians as the sole victims of insecurity, thereby fostering mutual suspicion among Nigerians.
“Because of lies, you brought violence, but where are the leaders? What did they do?” he asked. “What about the scholars? Where are they? Everyone has gone to hide in their corners.”
He argued that no sovereign nation would accept external interference designed to divide its people along religious or social lines, insisting that such actions undermine national unity.
“Which country would agree to bring something in just to divide its people? There is no country that would accept that,” Gumi said. “It would say either you bring all of us together, or you hold us and hand us over to them.”
The cleric accused political and religious elites of abandoning meaningful dialogue, saying Nigerians had been left with “noise” instead of solutions, while hardship, oppression, and denial of rights continued to grow.
“You brought us hardship, you broke us. You oppressed us, you denied us our rights,” he said, lamenting what he described as the labeling of parts of the country along religious lines.
Gumi warned that the prevailing atmosphere of fear, silence, and division was dragging Nigeria backward, stressing that continued inaction by leaders and clerics would only worsen the nation’s challenges.
“This is the kind of situation we are in,” he said. “It is dragging the country down.”
