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General News of Monday, 23 August 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

'You’re milking Nigerians' - Gumi tells politicians

Sheikh Ahmad Gumi Sheikh Ahmad Gumi

Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has expressed disappointment with politicians who displayed wealth amid abject poverty in the country during the wedding of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, in Kano State.

According to him, the leaders, just like bandits, milk Nigerian citizens to become wealthy, wondering where they got all the money they displayed at the wedding, if not from the public purse.

President Muhammadu Buhari's son, Yusuf Buhari married Zarah Bayero, the daughter of Emir of Bichi, Nasiru Bayero over the weekend in a grand ceremony held in Bichi, Kano.
Dignitaries at the event included Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, serving and former governors, traditional rulers, as well as prominent personalities from within and outside the country.

While preaching at the Sultan Bello Mosque in Kaduna Gumi faulted Nigerian politicians for hiring private jets to attend the wedding.

“Umar bn Kattab once took 16 dinar, which is equivalent of N2,040,000 today, from the treasury as estacode to Hajj. After their return, Umar admitted to Abdallah that they wasted public funds. Somebody told me private jets in Nigeria were all hired for the wedding of Buhari’s son.

“Some people are in captivity in the bushes and cities. Hunger is everywhere. People are facing all manner of problems, yet politicians spent public funds on private jets,” he said.