Sunday Igboho warned Gumi to desist from “fanning the ember of disunity” in Nigeria with his statements.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has knocked Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, over his recent outburst against the Bola Tinubu administration.
While giving a sermon, Gumi expressed displeasure at Tinubu for appointing Southern Christians into certain positions including Nyesom Wike as FCT minister. He vowed to ensure that Tinubu does not get a second term in office.
In reaction, Sunday Igboho said in a statement on Tuesday that the cleric’s comments were aimed at re-securing his negotiation contract with bandits under the current administration.
Gumi advocated for negotiation with bandits ravaging the North during the Buhari administration.
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Sunday Igboho warned Gumi to desist from “fanning the ember of disunity” in Nigeria with his statements, which he claimed are capable of causing disaffection among the citizenry.
He said, “We know Gumi’s pedigree and his antics. Before the advent of Tinubu, individuals like him should have been explaining their roles to the security agencies on the festering insurgency in the northern parts of the country.
“While we will continue to advocate for an egalitarian society, we cannot fold our arms and allow Gumi to heat up the polity through his careless, destructive and inciting statements via his preachings. Nigeria’s security as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution must not be abused by anybody no matter how highly or lowly placed.
“We are not advocates for the Federal Government, but we remain part of critical stakeholders in Nigeria’s project, hence the need to drum sanity and decorum into the ears of anybody with traces of tendencies for religious fanaticism.
“For peace to reign supreme, it is incumbent on all and sundry to desist from any act that triggers mutual suspicion, distrust and needless crisis among Nigerians.”
