The controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has declared that nobody can stop him from visiting anywhere in the country, recalling that he was on November 19, 2025, in Ibadan where he served as a special guest and speaker at the Southern Nigerian Ulama Summit.
Penpushing reports that Gumi made the declaration in a post on his Facebook page on Tuesday amidst outrage that he was trying to Islamise Oyo State with some Northern ideologies and tenets.
The cleric explained that he was then in Ibadan as a representative of northern Islamic scholars. while maintaining that he was not invited by any Muslim group or individual in the South-West.
“I quite understand now how Islamophobia is shaping politics in SW (South-West) and why I was unnecessarily dragged into their dirty local politics. I was in Ibadan, not by the invitation of any SW Muslim individual or group, but as a representative of the Coalition of Northern Muslim Ulama. “Can anybody stop me from going anywhere in Nigeria?”, he added
Penpushing further reports that, Gumi, it would be recalled after the event held at university of Ibadan, equally took time to attend a courtesy session alongside other prominent Southern and Northern Muslim scholars.
The declaration of Gumi, to go anywhere in the country came barely a day after one of the victims of the abduction in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State dismissed claims that their abductors demanded the implementation of Sharia law in the state as part of the conditions for releasing the victims.
Penpushing also reports that while speaking from captivity in a now-viral video, the principal of Community High School, Esiele, Oyo State, Mrs Rachael Alamu, explained that the gunmen said they never demanded the introduction of Sharia law or a N1 billion ransom as reported in some quarters, but rather for the release of their associates currently in the custody of Nigerian authorities.
The Muslim Rights Concern in similar vein, rejected the alleged demand for Sharia in a statement issued on Monday, describing the report as “a lie from the pit of Jahannam (hell)”, and argued that the so-called demand was inserted by enemies of Islam in the negotiation team to tarnish the image of Islam.
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