Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has alleged that security sources in Abuja warned him that his name had been included on a list of individuals allegedly marked for elimination and linked to the Boko Haram terrorist group.
Gumi made the claim while addressing members of his congregation, saying he received an early-morning phone call from a source he declined to identify.
According to him, the caller informed him that his name came up during a high-level security meeting in the nation’s capital.
“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?.
The cleric further claimed that the caller told him his name was among those allegedly selected for assassination, though he did not provide details on the alleged list or the circumstances surrounding it.
Gumi also alleged that Nigeria’s worsening insecurity and deepening social divisions were driven by false narratives, destruction and policies he attributed to former United States President Donald Trump.
He accused Nigerian leaders and religious figures of failing to speak out as the country slipped further into crisis.
According to the cleric, Nigeria had become increasingly fragmented due to what he described as foreign-backed funding and narratives that oppressed citizens and falsely portrayed Christians as the sole victims of insecurity. He said such portrayals were aimed at fueling suspicion and division among communities.
“Because of lies, you brought violence, but where are the leaders? What did they do? What about the scholars?” Gumi asked. “Everyone has gone to hide in their corners.”
He argued that no sovereign nation would accept foreign interference designed to divide its people along religious or social lines, adding that such actions would be firmly resisted elsewhere.
Gumi also accused political and religious elites of abandoning meaningful dialogue, leaving Nigerians with what he described as “noise” instead of solutions, amid growing hardship, oppression and denial of rights.
“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.
The cleric warned that fear, silence and deepening divisions were pushing Nigeria further into crisis, cautioning that continued inaction by leaders and religious figures could worsen the situation.
“This is the kind of situation we are in,” he said. “It is dragging the country down.”
Source: Sahara Reporters
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