Renowned Kaduna-based Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi Sheikh Ahmad Gumi yesterday explained how he survived the recent suicide bomb attack along Ali Akilu Road near his house in Kaduna, saying the attack was hatched by elements trying to spark war between Muslims and non Muslims.
Speaking at a media chat organized by
Desert Herald newspaper in Kaduna, Gumi said, “That same morning I was
contacted by an army officer from the Nigerian Army Headquarters who
told me that in today’s security meeting; my name was top on the list of
names of people who are going to be eliminated by the so called Boko
Haram.
“When that happened, I was having a chat
with the people of Jamhuriya Hausa newspaper because they met me a
little bit late; so when we finished, we saw a convoy of two motorbikes
and they stopped by the road. So when they saw the first car coming out,
they quickly went a few meters to the road to plant the explosives so
that they can go further away to detonate it when my car was coming.
“Unfortunately for them, I was going to
make a projection, so the car came out but it did not take that road
where they were stationed; so in trying to quickly put the bomb, it took
off and killed them instead; if you go to the scene, you will see the
hole by the road side where it uprooted.
“Immediately, I sent my security to take
pictures of the scene and one of them was even still alive when he got
there but there were a lot of honey bees in the areas so nobody could
help him, even my security the bees stung him too but he was able to
take the pictures and come back.
“One of them was even carrying a pistol
because you cannot guarantee bomb explosion; so they intended to come
back and finish whoever they intended to kill, and I learnt from the
police that the bodies of the bombers were not handed over to them by
the military and they are in the military hospital”.
He said if such a thing happened, it was
the responsibility of security agents to have the pictures of the
people in the newspapers so that Nigerians could know who they were and
who was supporting them “but no investigation is going on about the
issue”.
“A source in the 44 Army Reference
Hospital mortuary said the bombers are not even Muslims; so this Boko
Haram is a creation of the Western powers but they got cover from the
government because the government is insensitive to the extent of
irresponsibility; and that is why I called for the resignation of the
Nigerian President.
Contacted on Gumi’s remarks, acting
police spokesman for Kaduna police command DSP Abubakar Balteh said the
police had not made any arrest so far in connection with the recent bomb
attack along Ali Akilu Road, saying that the two bomb carriers died in
the incident.
On the whereabouts of the dead bodies, he said the bodies were mutilated and taken to the hospital.
“The bodies were mutilated; so they are
not something anybody could keep. They have been transferred to the
mortuary, though I am not sure of the hospital where they are. If they
were to be alive, information could be got from them but they are dead,”
he said.
On the allegation by Sheikh Gumi that
the military had bodies of the attackers, Assistant Director, Army
Public Relations, 1Mechanized Army Division Kaduna, Col. Sani K. Usman,
said he has no idea where the bodies are kept. “I don’t know where the
bodies are; if I know, I will tell you; but I don’t know,” he said.
Also, Director of Army Public Relations
Brigadier General Mobolaji Koleoso said he was not aware of the claims
made by Sheikh Gumi.
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