Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has accused some groups in the Middle Belt of burying empty coffins in mass graves in a bid to portray mass killings of Christians and promote fake narrative of genocide.
The Kaduna-based Islamic cleric who made the allegations in a post on his Facebook page on Wednesday, claims a doctor who lives in the Middle Belt region of the country alerted him to what he described as the false tricks employed by Christian leaders in the region to deceive the world and push the Christian genocide narrative which led to US President Donald Trump classifying Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern”.
“A Doctor wrote me: Do you know that some Middle Belt Christian groups are now staging fake mass killings?” Gumi wrote in ....
“They are burying empty coffins and recording the process as if real victims were killed, just to push the narrative of a Christian genocide. This is desperation at its peak. A disgrace. Manipulating information just to provoke hatred and international sympathy?”
The cleric also used the opportunity to clear the air after many had accused him of fleeing to Turkey, dismissing suggestions that he fled the country to avoid potential US attacks following Trump’s order to the Pentagon to prepare for a possible military intervention in Nigeria.
“I got my Turkish visa on the 16th October 2025, and Trump’s irresponsible tweet lying about ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria was on the 1st Nov. 2025. Yet, because of melancholy, they concoct lies and believe them. Trump has no power over us; it’s just your sick mind bowing down to him in worship,” Gumi stated.
In another post, he described the allegations of “Christian genocide” as a deliberate attempt to malign Islam and the enforcement of Sharia law in Nigeria.
“After the fog has cleared. The alleged ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria is all about a well-drawn-out plan to attack the Shariah Law and Islamophobia.
“For Trump to threaten a sovereign country with military attack is a profound disrespect to our authority, but we can rise above it,” Gumi said, urging the Federal Government to summon the U.S. ambassador and demand an official retraction.
“President Tinubu should summon the US ambassador; they either retract their threats or we sever diplomatic ties with this irresponsible regime.”