Controversial Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi on Thursday issued a blistering public prayer against individuals he believes are responsible for Nigeria’s rising wave of violence and bloodshed.
Gumi, writing on his official Facebook page, prayed that divine punishment should befall anyone contributing to the nation’s insecurity.
He declared, “My prayer today: 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.”
His reaction comes amid worsening attacks by bandits and terrorists across the country, a situation that recently compelled President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare a national security emergency.
In the past weeks, armed groups have launched repeated assaults on schools and churches, leaving several people dead and many abducted. The persistent threat has pushed some state governments to shut schools to safeguard students from further kidnappings.