Sheik Gumi condemns US strike on ISIS camps in North West Nigeria

Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Gumi, has condemned the US strike on ISIS camps in North West Nigeria on Christmas night December 25.

In a post shared on his Facebook page, Gumi argued that annihilating terrorists should only be carried out by clean, holy hands, not by another “terrorist” like the US government whose hands are ‘’stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent children, women, and men”. He said China, Turkey or Pakistan are better options to seek for military assistance than the US.

He also argued that dropping a few bombs here and there cannot tackle the menace of terror. He opined that the fight against terrorism would require serious military on the ground, which, if Nigeria is serious about, has enough military personnel to prosecute the war. He called on the Nigerian government to halt all military operations with the US following this recent military action on the North West by the US government.

His post reads

”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!”