Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has urged the Federal Government to immediately halt all military cooperation with the United States following reports of U.S. airstrikes in Nigeria.
It would be recalled that the United States president, Donald Trump stated that he had carried out a powerful military airstrikes against terrorists in Northwest Nigeria.
Sheikh Gumi reacts
In a statement shared on his Facebook page on Friday, Gumi warned that American involvement in Nigeria’s security operations could worsen the country’s insecurity and undermine its national sovereignty.
He argued that while Islam permits the fight against terrorism, such efforts should be carried out by what he described as “clean hands,” insisting that the United States lacks the moral authority to lead counterterrorism campaigns due to its global military record.
Sheikh Gumi chastises Nigeria govt
According to the cleric, Nigeria erred by allowing foreign powers to participate in its counterterrorism efforts.
He maintained that foreign military interventions often come with hidden political motives and may result in civilian casualties.
Gumi further cautioned that turning Nigeria into a theatre of war could attract anti-U.S. forces into the country, thereby deepening instability.
He also warned that framing foreign intervention around the protection of Christians could polarise Nigeria along religious lines.
The cleric added that airstrikes alone are insufficient to defeat terrorism, stressing that effective counterterrorism requires well-coordinated ground operations.
He noted that Nigeria has adequate manpower to address its security challenges if properly organised and deployed.
His words…
“The Symbolism of the US strike!
Annihilating terrorists is an Islamic obligation. The Prophet – peace be upon him- wished he annihilated them. He said: “Should I live till they appear, I would kill them as the Killing of the nation of ‘Ad.” Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
This said, it should only be carried out by clean, holy hands, not by another terrorist whose hands are stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent children, women, and men just recently.
This is the mistake Nigeria has made. Terrorists don’t fight terrorists in truth; they may only kill innocent people and have ulterior motives behind the drama of fighting ‘terror’.
As a principle, no nation should allow its land to be a theater of war. And no nation should allow its neighbors to be their enemies.
If Nigeria wants military assistance, China, Turkey, and Pakistan can do the job effectively.
The US involvement in Nigeria will attract the real anti-US forces, making our land the theater of war. The USA’s involvement in Nigeria, citing coming to ‘protect Christians’, will ultimately polarize our nation and infringe on our sovereignty.
Nigeria should halt all military cooperation with the USA immediately because of its imperial tendencies worldwide and seek the help of those neutral countries mentioned. Nigerians are too educated to be played with. This is going to be a 2027 campaign discourse.
Meanwhile, dropping a few bombs here and there cannot tackle the menace of terror; they need serious military on the ground, which, if we are serious, we have enough men to do that. We call on all villages affected to upload videos and pictures of any casualties involved.
The attacks are symbolic of a harbinger neo-Crusade war against Islam. Attack on Sokoto, where 90% are Muslim with no imminent danger of terror, while the real threat is in Maiduguri and on a Christmas Eve, with the claim of protecting against Christian genocide, says a lot. We believe the terror is manufactured and sustained by the same people claiming to fight it.
A word is enough for the wise!”
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