Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) has suspended Sheikh Alkali Abubakar Salihu Zaria after he criticised President Bola Tinubu and northern governors over insecurity during a Ramadan sermon in Yobe State.
The leadership of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Jos faction, has suspended Sheikh Alkali Abubakar Salihu Zaria following a sermon in which he criticised Bola Ahmed Tinubu and northern governors over insecurity. Sheikh Alkali, who was deployed to lead the Ramadan exegesis at Mokas Mosque in Damaturu, Yobe State, reportedly delivered remarks condemning persistent killings, kidnappings and banditry in the region.
His suspension followed a meeting convened by the National Chairman of the JIBWIS Council of Ulama, Muhammad Sani Yahaya Jingir, with the cleric alongside state and local representatives of the group in Yobe. He was accused of using strongly-worded statements against certain individuals in the region and the president, and of addressing insecurity in a manner said to be inconsistent with the organisation’s established methodology.
During one of his sessions, Alkali criticised corrupt government officials, North-West governors and President Tinubu, faulting what he described as a lack of political will to end killings and abductions. Alkali said, “He said Today people are abducted and traded as though they are cattle. Somebody will be abducted and taken to bush. They then negotiate the ransom. Families implore, even though the abductors are complete ignorant. They will beat and kick their victims. Often they will stamp their feet on their victim’s stomach in Ramadan.”
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