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Sheikh Ahmed Gumi Popular Islamic scholar, Dr. Ahmad Gumi, in the recent inteview has spoken about the Boko Haram insurgency, Biafra movement, Shiites clashes. The cleric in the April edition of The Interview stated that the Boko Haram is 100% a Muslim problem, blaming some people in the North for “cooperating with and working to protect them.” He said: “Boko
Haram as it is now cannot prosper in Ibadan because the locals will expose them. The same in Enugu. The people agitating for Biafra cannot prosper in the North because they will be exposed. READ ALSO: MUST READ: Is CNN running the propaganda wing of Boko Haram? “We have to understand, that these people are from amongst us and that the society was not doing enough to bring these elements out. I can tell you that Boko Haram is 100% a Muslim problem.” The prominent scholar also defined the agitation for Biafra as “analogue” and further challenged Muslim leaders to do more to fight the insurgents. Sheikh Gumi speaking on the controversial preaching bill in Kaduna state, said the bill had gone too far and was an violation on the constitution. “If you are trying to fight terrorism and extremism you don’t clamp on the freedom of speech, freedom of thought and freedom of propagation of thoughts. These liberties are enshrined in the constitution.” According to him, the bill could drive extremism underground. READ ALSO: “Abubakar Shekau could be a better president than Buhari” The man of God also spoke on the army-Shiite clash in Zaria, the current probe into the $2.1billion arms purchase scam involving the former national securuty adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and the anti-graft war of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Gumi earlier suggested that Muslims in Nigeria aren’t aware of who their enemy really is. The cleric believes that if Northerners can correctly identify the ones who are killing them, they can successfully defeat Boko Haram.