All Progressives Congress chieftain demands arrest of Gumi over comments against Wike
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Yejini Nabena has asked the security agencies to arrest the controversial Islamic Cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi over his recent public outburst against the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Penpushing reports that Gumi, a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, had on Thursday in a video sermon of over 14 minutes posted on his official Facebook page, labelled Wike as “Satan” for receiving the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria in his office.
The known controversial cleric in the sermon, equally asserted that President Bola Tinubu would be stopped from serving for eight years if he failed to sack the Minister and a former Governor of Rivers State.
Penpushing further reports that in swift reaction the former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a statement on Sunday, stated that the Niger Delta people are observing and no harm must be done to the Minister.
The chieftain of the ruling party pointed out that the people of Niger Delta and Southerners, in general, will no longer fold their arms while the likes of Gumi spit on their faces irrespective of political or religious beliefs, stressing that no Nigerian is more a Nigerian than anybody in Nigeria.
‘My intervention in the recent controversial statement is not about the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike alone, it is about the right of the Niger Delta people and the Southerners in general. At this stage, we expect all the voices of reasoning to speak out because of the sense of entitlement of the likes of Sheik Gumi,” he said.
Penpushing also reports that Nabena speaking on what he called a reckless public comment that could lead to a more divided country, called on the presidency to urgently make a bold statement and reaffirm the right of any Nigerian to hold public office anywhere in Nigeria.
‘I will call on the presidency to deliberately caution Sheik Gumi and his co-travellers against statements that are capable of causing disunity and encouraging a sense of entitlement. I will also call on the security agencies to take Gumi’s reckless but deliberate statement seriously. Sheik Gumi should be arrested, questioned and prosecuted. Let it also be on record that we the Niger Delta sons and daughters will hold Sheik Gumi responsible if any evil befall Nyesom Wike throughout his days in office as FCT Minister’, Nabena emphaised
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