Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called on the Federal Government to halt all forms of military collaboration with the United States following reports of US-led airstrikes.
The cleric warned that continued engagement with American forces could worsen Nigeria’s security challenges and undermine the country’s sovereignty.
Gumi made his position known in a statement shared on his official Facebook page on Friday.
While acknowledging that Islam allows resistance against terrorism, he argued that such actions must be carried out by those with what he described as “clean hands.”
According to him, the United States lacks the moral standing to spearhead counterterrorism efforts, citing its history of military interventions across the world.
He maintained that Nigeria erred by permitting foreign involvement in its fight against insurgency, insisting that external interventions often lead to civilian deaths and are driven by concealed political interests rather than genuine security concerns.
Gumi further cautioned that turning Nigeria into a battleground for foreign powers could draw hostile anti-US elements into the country, deepening instability, adding that dropping few bombs without a follow up solid action would not end terrorism.
His words: “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!”
