Jonathan, Stay Away From 2015 Election ––Sheik Gumi warns

Popular Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has written to President Goodluck Jonathan, asking him not to contest the 2015 presidential polls, saying his re-election would create more crisis.

He averred that Jonathan is dangerously leading Nigeria into chaos, only God knows where it would end.

In the letter, Sheik Gumi said, “Mr President, what I heard from people who are close to you is that you are humble with a soft heart. But still, humility is never enough for effective leadership. Leadership is about listening and taking good advice from people of wisdom not from those that benefit from you or have any agenda other than the unity and progress of this Nation. 

“Mr President, we have never met despite the fact that we were all born and we lived for more than half a century in this great vast country, Nigeria. It’s here we all grew up and were educated and I presume except by divine providence it’s here that we will all be buried...

“So what matters is the legacy that we will bequeath our children and the next generation of Nigerians. We will not want a burnt country with hundreds of thousands dead, maimed or displaced people because of the thoughtlessness and recklessness of its stewardship.

“I hereby candidly advice you to relinquish your presidential ambition because of peace, stability and well-being of millions of innocent Nigerians. There are many politicians that can ‘finish’ it on your behalf.”

This is coming after a similar note he wrote to General Mohammadu Buhari few days ago, asking him not to contest the 2015 election, but allow a younger person to lead the country.