Kaduna-based Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has claimed that American intelligence agencies are behind banditry and Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria.
Gumi made the allegation in a Facebook post on Saturday while reacting to comments by Mike Arnold, who has spoken publicly about alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
Arnold had shared photos of himself with several Nigerians, including former Cross River Governor Donald Duke and Nigeria’s Information Minister Mohammed Idris.
“These are a few of the people I’ve met and places I’ve been to in Nigeria over the years,” Arnold wrote while sharing the photos.
In response, Gumi accused Arnold of spreading what he described as a false narrative about Christian killings in Nigeria.
He also alleged that American intelligence agencies were linked to insecurity in some northern states.
“After all the barking about ‘fake Christian genocide’, it is shameful to realise that this man has been almost everywhere where Christians are prosperous, yet he has not visited Zamfara, Katsina and other northern states suffering from the activities of bandits and Boko Haram allegedly sponsored by the same American intelligence. One of the things Islam abhors is lies and liars,” Gumi wrote.
Gumi has repeatedly criticised US involvement in Nigeria’s security issues.
In December, after airstrikes reportedly ordered by US President Donald Trump targeted suspected terrorist hideouts in Sokoto State, Gumi condemned the action and described it as an attack on Islam.
The latest allegation comes as Nigeria and the United States continue to strengthen security cooperation to combat insecurity.
On Friday, presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga said National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu met with US Vice President JD Vance and other American officials to discuss deeper cooperation on Nigeria’s security challenges.
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