Residents of lgboho town in Oyo State say the visit by Kaduna based Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi didn’t enjoy their blessings.
The residents stated this during an assessment visit to the spot where Gumi visited in the town, adding that none of the residents was aware of his visit.
Scores of supporters of Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho a son of the soil, his mother and allies were among those who visited the spot.
In a short video released by them on the social media over the weekend, the residents said their visit to the spot was to offer prayers to ‘nullify’ the effect of the visit of a Cleric to the town.
The Precision NG reports that Gumi was recently seen in a 1.45 minutes video clip (which has now gone viral) in company of some Northern elites which include Prof. Usman Yusuf.
In the video, Gumi could be seen asserting that what he saw in Igboho was an indication that Nigeria is one and that the agitation for the separation from Nigeria as championed by a son of the town – Sunday Igboho is a mere smokescreen.
Gumi’s visit has however been trailed by criticism from many Yoruba leaders, including the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams.
One of the Yoruba Nation agitators, Sheikh Abdul Raheem Aduanigba, confirmed that he and others, including Igboho’s mum, went to Muslim Grammar School in the Modeke area of Igboho on Friday evening, adding that residents of the town said Gumi’s visit did not enjoy their blessing.
He said, “Yoruba people are worried about Gumi’s visit to Igboho and I went to Igboho town with some other persons to find out what really happened. I visited the Kabiyesi, Onigboho of Igboho (Oba John Bolarinwa) and he told me that nobody gave Gumi land in the town.
“The people of the town also said they didn’t know when he came and they said he must not come again. He is the spokesperson for bandits. They (residents) did not want him to ever come to their town again.
“We don’t want what happened in Igangan to happen in Igboho or anywhere in Yorubaland. The people of Igboho said they don’t want him and that he must never come there again. We don’t want bandits here, we don’t want him to use religion to deceive our people and we were happy that nobody gave him land there.”
The National Coordinator of the Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association Worldwide, Olalekan Hammed, told our correspondent in a separate interview that Gumi was not wanted in any part of Yorubaland because of his association with bandits.
Hammed said Gumi had an ulterior motive and that the visit must be investigated by security agencies.
He said, “There is no relationship between Sunday Igboho and Gumi and that is why his visit to Igboho town made people curious. Gumi has an ulterior motive for the visit and security agencies must probe this and make this known to the public.
We do not want Gumi and his bandits in Igboho or in any part of Yorubaland. We have to be vigilant to prevent him and his likes from importing bandits into this region.”
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