US airstrikes: Dropping bombs won’t end terrorism in Nigeria — Gumi

Islamic scholar Sheikh Gumi has spoken about the airstrikes launched by the United States on terrorists in the North West of Nigeria.

Reacting via a post on his Facebook page on Friday, December 26, 2025, Gumi said the involvement of the United States military in Nigeria will attract the real anti-US forces, making the West African nation the theater of war.

The Islamic cleric, therefore, urged the federal government to immediately halt all military cooperation with the United States.

Gumi also suggested that if Nigeria requires external assistance, the government should seek support from what he described as more neutral countries, rather than the United States.

He wrote: “Annihilating terrorists is an Islamic obligation. The Prophet – peace be upon him- wished he annihilated them. He said: ‘Should I live till they appear, I would kill them as the Killing of the nation of ‘Ad.’ Al-Bukhari and Muslim.

“This said, it should only be carried out by clean, holy hands, not by another terrorist whose hands are stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocent children, women, and men just recently.

“This is the mistake Nigeria has made. Terrorists don’t fight terrorists in truth; they may only kill innocent people and have ulterior motives behind the drama of fighting ‘terror’.

“As a principle, no nation should allow its land to be a theater of war. And no nation should allow its neighbors to be their enemies.

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“If Nigeria wants military assistance, China, Turkey, and Pakistan can do the job effectively.

“The US involvement in Nigeria will attract the real anti-US forces, making our land the theater of war. The USA’s involvement in Nigeria, citing coming to ‘protect Christians’, will ultimately polarize our nation and infringe on our sovereignty.

“Nigeria should halt all military cooperation with the USA immediately because of its imperial tendencies worldwide and seek the help of those neutral countries mentioned. Nigerians are too educated to be played with. This is going to be a 2027 campaign discourse.

“Meanwhile, dropping a few bombs here and there cannot tackle the menace of terror; they need serious military on the ground, which, if we are serious, we have enough men to do that. We call on all villages affected to upload videos and pictures of any casualties involved.

“The attacks are symbolic of a harbinger neo-Crusade war against Islam. Attack on Sokoto, where 90% are Muslim with no imminent danger of terror, while the real threat is in Maiduguri and on a Christmas Eve, with the claim of protecting against Christian genocide, says a lot. We believe the terror is manufactured and sustained by the same people claiming to fight it.

“A word is enough for the wise!”

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