Gumi responds to warning Army issued to him

Popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, has cleared the air on his alleged comment on religious bias existing in Nigeria Army.

According to him, religious bias existed in the Nigerian Army between 2010 and 2015.

He blamed the media on his earlier message which he claimed was misunderstood adding that he had a good understanding of the Nigerian Army.

Gumi was spotted in a video clip where he informed the bandits that soldiers are divided into Muslims and non-Muslims.

This made the Army to warn the Islamic cleric to be careful with his utterances.

The army spokesman, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Yerima, while reacting to the video, said the army did not deploy its troops along ethnic or religious lines.

But in his response, Gumi said, “I saw the Army’s response. What I will say is that there is a misunderstanding in the issues. When I speak about the religious issue in the Army, I am not referring to today’s Army.

“The issue is from 2010-2015 when some people were in-charge and a lot of bad things happened.

“It is during that time that there were bombings everywhere. It happened in Jaji and we lost a popular Muslim general. Even, I was saved by God.”