I have watched the video clip in which Dr Gumi gave reasons why he took part in the secret conference along with Bishop David Oyedepo, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah and the two heavyweight politicians – Obasanjo and the presidential candidate of the PDP,Atiku Abubakar. In the said video clip (Dr Gumi) claimed that he was called upon to reconcile between Obasanjo and Atiku; meaning a reconciliation between Atiku and his political godfather with a view to burying the hatchet so that Obasanjo may support Atiku’s candidacy in the 2019 elections.
Apparently, this reconciliation is for political gains, from whatever angle you look at it, coming, especially, after Atiku’s emergence as the candidate of the PDP.
Dr Gumi’s attempt to exculpate himself is baffling in that he cited the hadeeth of “HILFUL FUDHUL” as a proof in Shari’ah to what he did. And this is exactly what we dread – a Muslim scholar’s artifice in assigning a place in the Shari’ah for his political…
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