By Kingston Magare 4.12.2025
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who is known to have sympathy for terror gangs in Nigeria has rained curses on sponsors and beneficiaries of terrorism in the country.
Posting on his Facebook social media account Thursday he prayed that God would expose and punish all individuals who have contributed to the bloodbath which has dogged the country for years and it’s showing no sign of ending.
“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,” Sheikh Gumi wrote.
Gumi had stirred up controversies with his remarks, which seem to sympathise with the terror gangs. He recently rejected US President Donald Trump’s proposal to send in troops to smash the terror gangs.
Over the years he is known to have negotiated with the terrorists to release hostages and had advised government not use military force to dislodge the criminal and terror gangs.
Some Nigerians have called for his arrest and interrogation.
A Facebook user Sani Badamasi commented on Gumi’s post: “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.”
