A renowned Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, on Tuesday accused the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, of running a parallel government in the North.Gumi, while speaking with newsmen in Kaduna, alleged that for the 40 years of its existence, the Shi’ite sect had been conducting military training for its members.
According to him, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria is operating a state within the state.
He said, “The Shiites have been embarking on military training and producing cadets and soldiers.The Islamic Movement of Nigeria does not recognise the corporate entity of Nigeria. The group is not registered. They operate above the law and they get direct foreign aid.”
The cleric recalled that the late President Umaru Yar’Adua told him of the massive importation of weapons to different parts of the country and made mentioned of Iran as supplying arms to the El-Zakzaky-led movement.
Gumi maintained that he had last year written a letter, warning about the danger of blocking highways by the Shi’ite sect “where his (El-Zakzaky) followers travelled on foot from all over the country to Zaria.”
He added that the blockage of roads as allegedly done by the Shi’ites “is an abomination in Islam.”
While warning that the North would continue to be under-developed if the Shi’ite and Boko Haram groups were not eradicated, Gumi said, “The strife and unnecessary blocking of roads and shouting slogans on the way increases the tension in the North.”
The cleric noted that the bloody clash between the Army and the Shi’ites was a divine intervention to prevent the recurrence of “another Boko Haram.”
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