By: Femi Mustapha
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), the umbrella body for Muslim organisations in Nigeria has explained how Dr. Jamilu Muhammad Sadia emerged as the deputy preacher for the Sultan Bello mosque, Kaduna.
Recall that his appointment sparked some tension among students of an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who claimed that only he, (Gumi) can make such an appointment.
The students in a letter signed by Salisu Hassan and addressed to the Kaduna state government, the commissioner of police and the director of state security stated that no deputy has been appointed for Dr. Ahmad Gumi.
“It has come to the knowledge of this forum of a certain write-up on social media by some unscrupulous elements that one, Dr Jamilu Muhammad Sadis, who is not, in any way, a student of Sheikh Abubakar Mahmud Gumi or Sheikh Dr Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has been appointed to deputise for Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi in presentations of Tafsir and other religious teachings that he has been conducting at Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna.
“This is unfounded and was fabricated by some undesirable elements, who have no instincts and teachings of Late Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, to incite cause and cause chaos in the Mosque where it has been enjoying peace and tranquillity for a very long time now.”
But the Administrative Secretary, JNI, Yusuf Bida while addressing a press conference noted that Sultan Bello mosque belongs to the entire ummah under the care of JNI.
