In a leaked video, the Sheik Gumi was captured urging voters not to vote for leaders that will fight bandits come 2023.
Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a contentious Islamic cleric, has cautioned Muslims against voting for candidates in the 2023 elections who he described as “our people” but who will “fight bandits.”
The well-known Islamic scholar advised his congregation in a sermon recorded on tape on Sunday only to support candidates who would negotiate with bandits if elected.
Speaking in Hausa, Gumi called the bandits “our people” and advised Nigeria’s future leaders to negotiate and grant the bandits their demands in order to restore peace.
“Don’t vote for those who will fight bandits. The fighters or bandits as you call them, are our people. So please vote for those who, after attaining power, will call and negotiate with our people in the forests so as to give them what they want for peace to reign,” he said.
