Sheikh Gumi made this known while speaking with our correspondent, saying that Nigeria, as it is today, is seriously polarised along religious line with each of the two major presidential contenders having the support of either Muslims or Christian’s faithful.
He said; “it is the bitter truth that nobody wants to hear.It is apparent that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has become a CAN party; whether we like it or not. Most Nigerian Christians, except if being hypocritical, would vote for Jonathan because they are enjoying what is happening now.
“Muslims in the North are facing serious challenges and trauma over the killings of their innocent fellows and the deliberate destruction of their economic activities. Based on these, they believe that there is nobody they can trust except Buhari. But he is a Muslim and definitely they are going to vote for him overwhelmingly.It is not certain that Buhari would win, and if anything like rigging happens, there would be serious crisis, perhaps, more than that of 2011.”
He added; “the analysis is simple. If most Nigerian Christians would vote for Jonathan, which they would do, with those die-hard PDP Muslims who may vote for him because of positions and other personal gains, he may have the chance of winning. And Northern Muslim would definitely revolt. The next thing is for them (government) to use their armed force to kill innocent lives.
“As you know, they have succeeded in making Muslims to become minority in the armed forces.They have retired many of our people and the recruitment pattern in these few years always favours the Christians. The armed forces of today are not like the ones of 2011, because of its lopsided content and nature.”
Sheikh Gumi said recently, an officer in the armed forces told him that the number of Muslims officers in the armed forces, especially the Nigerian Army, is not up to 15 per cent, while other ranks are not up to 25 per cent.(This claim has not been verified independently by Sunday Trust). Therefore, he explained, it would be easy for Jonathan’s government to use the armed forces to kill the innocent lives that may revolt against rigging in 2015.
On the other hand, he added, if Jonathan fails to win, his kinsmen would not accept the result.Jonathan’s kinsmen, according to Gumi, have been threatening that if he did not win the 2015 election Nigeria would disintegrate.
“With this scenario at hand, what would you expect in 2015? In whichever way it goes, Jonathan’s people would like it. If he continues, they would continue to dominate us and we would continue to face more hardships. And if he doesn’t win, they have been calling for the disintegration of the country because they have crude oil.
“Our interest is to have peace and save the lives of innocent people. Therefore, peace of this country is paramount and superior to any other interest. We need to use our wisdom in
our politics and push that these two men should not contest,” Sheikh Gumi said.
Making reference with the companions of the Prophet of Islam (pbuh), Sheikh Gumi said most of them
used wisdom and intelligence before they succeeded with their regimes.
He said the companions of the Prophet (pbuh) that had played politics with intelligence had smooth running of their governments. He therefore advocated for the use of wisdom and intelligence in 2015 in order to preserve Nigeria.
Sheikh Gumi advised both PDP and APC to consider Nigeria first in their choice of presidential candidates by stopping Jonathan and Buhari.
“This is the only way to peace in 2015, because most Nigerian Christians are against Buhari and most Nigerian Muslims are against Jonathan. This is the fact unless if we want to deceive ourselves or want to be economical with the truth,” Sheikh Gumi said. www.dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/news/18491-why-buhari-jonathan-should-not-contest-sheikh-gumi

Fact #Gumiisrigh100%

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The man talks about extremism and its ills yet couldn't help but chip in that the present Nigerian army has more Christians than muslims. How does that help our cause, mbok?

He also agrees there was a time when the reverse was the case, but failed to mention the part he played to set it right. Mcheeeeew
Everybody now has an opinion.

This is serious

Nija......

The Sheik seems right. But he forgot to add that stopping Jonathan from contesting (as he suggested) is as hard as stopping Buhari from running (as he also suggested).

In my opinion, gej is more religiously extreme than Buhari even. How would a sitting president be accompanied by a pastor in almost all events. Campaigning in churches and and publicly declaring that its the prayers of his pastors that has kept him safe. What does that portend?
Gej admin stinks of ethno-religious bigotry than any we have ever witnessed in this country. Its easier to see fanatism in others while ignoring yours.
The few Nigerians with discerning mind knew this would be the outcome of an incompetent president and warned against voting for someone who seemed clueless but simple-minds saw it as humility.

We know what we know...



























-Stop killing Boko Haram members. - Gen Buhari
-Niger Delta militants cause Boko Haram. - Gen Buhari
-Stop destroying Boko Haram houses and properties. - Gen Buhari.
-I don't support state of emergency in the North East. - Gen Buhari.
-Muslims must vote Muslims in elections. - Gen Buhari.
-Sharia must be declared all over Nigeria. - Gen Buhari.

You do the conclusion.
Who is the Religious fantastic?