Nigerian book writer and political activist, Reno Omokri has reacted to the suspension of the Chief Imam of Apo Jumat Mosque, Abuja, Sheikh Nuru Khalid.
Naija News reports that the cleric was suspended for calling out President Muhammadu Buhari’s led government over the spate of insecurity in the country.
Sheikh Khalid had in reaction to the recent attack by bandits on the Kaduna-Abuja railway station faulted the government’s poor response and failure to avert incessant killings in the country.
Speaking to his congregation earlier, the Imam had said, “They [terrorists] can dispatch information…they can dispatch intelligence information as if they are the government of their own, while our government cannot hear intelligence information and stop the rubbish on our ways.”
Naija News learnt that security operates had stormed the mosque where Khalid usually lead prayers, after which his suspension was announced.
Reacting to the development, Reno Omokri who was a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, demand that action to be taken against controversial Sheikh Abubakar Gumi who according to him has become a friend of bandit terrorists.
Naija New reports that Khalid was suspended by the Mosque Steering Committee for criticizing the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent attacks and killing of innocent Nigerians by terrorists in Kaduna State, especially the bombing of the Abuja-Kaduna train.
In a Twitter post on Sunday, Omokri lampooned the incumbent government, insisting that something should be done to Sheikh Gumi, who he claimed was the Public Relations Officer of the terrorists.
He tweeted, “The chief Imam of Apo Jumat Mosque, Abuja, Sheikh Nuru Khalid, has been suspended for criticizing Buhari over the Abuja-Kaduna train bombing.
“Yet, nothing has been done to the terrorists or Sheikh Gumi, their Public Relations Officer! They punish critics and victims.”
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