An imam, Dahiru Abubakar, has been faraway from his place at a mosque in Madina Quarters, Bauchi metropolis, for allegedly campaigning for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election throughout non secular actions.
Abubakar was mentioned to have used his sermons after compulsory prayers to defend Tinubu’s administration and encourage worshippers to help the president’s bid for a second time period in 2027.
He was reportedly suspended after repeating the act following the early morning Subhi prayer on Sunday.
“He would inform the congregation after prayer that Tinubu didn’t trigger insecurity and he deserved to be reelected.
“A committee was set up after he did the same thing last weekend and he was subsequently removed,” a supply mentioned.
Speaking on the event, Abubakar informed our correspondent that he had been urging worshippers to not blame President Tinubu for the nation’s insecurity and financial hardship, which he attributed to an “end times phenomenon.”
He mentioned, “I’ve been preaching to the folks to cease castigating President Tinubu for the insecurity and financial challenges. They ready to vote for him and provides him one other mandate in 2027 to proceed his mandate.
“My preaching centred on telling folks to embrace worry of God and cease blaming leaders for the insecurity, notably President Tinubu, as a result of solely God’s intervention can cease the challenges with the facility of prayers, and that didn’t go down nicely with the committee of the mosque.
“My preaching priorities are fear of God and our day-to-day activities. I cited examples of what is happening, especially insecurity in African countries like Sudan, Chad, Mali and others facing crisis. I asked whether President Tinubu was responsible for their insecurity.”
Confirming the incident, the chairman of the mosque committee, Imam Abubakar Jibrin, mentioned the choice to take away Abubakar was knowledgeable by his repeated makes an attempt to introduce partisan politics into the mosque’s actions.
Jibrin mentioned the committee’s considerations prolonged past the imam’s help for Tinubu to his alleged gathering of individuals in entrance of the mosque and his use of the premises to debate political issues.
He mentioned, “Our major challenge with him was not only his campaign for Tinubu but the way and manner he gathered many people in front of the mosque and sometimes entered the mosque purposely to discuss politics.”
According to Jibrin, the committee had repeatedly cautioned Abubakar towards utilizing the mosque as a political platform, insisting that the place of worship must be reserved for non secular actions.
He added, “The mosque committee sat down with him and cautioned him towards turning the mosque right into a political platform due to the Quranic verse which says the Mosque is solely for the worship of Allah alone. We vehemently rejected the usage of the mosque for political conferences. We have warned him not a few times, however many instances, but he hasn’t heeded our pleas.
“Even though we believe that politics is the process of producing leaders in the country, there are laid-down procedures, which are political parties, and the activities should take place in their political party offices and not in the mosque.”
Jibrin additional disclosed that Abubakar had additionally insisted on altering the mosque’s identify from Abdullahi Bin Zubbair Mosque to Masjid Imam Bola Ahmed Tinubu Mosque.
According to him, the proposal was rejected by members of the committee, who maintained that the mosque belonged to the group and its identify shouldn’t be modified to mirror political affiliations.
He mentioned, “All the committee members said ‘no’ because the mosque belongs to the community. This mosque has a committee of which I am one of the members, and when he insisted, we rejected the idea and resolved that the mosque name would remain Masjid Abdullahi Bin Zubbair.”
The committee chairman mentioned Abubakar had been faraway from his place and wouldn’t be reinstated.
“He should go and build his personal mosque, or politicians should go buy a mosque for him; that is not our business. Let me clarify that we, the members of the mosque committee, are not against any candidate from any political party. Our prayer is to Allah to choose the best for the country, be it President Tinubu or any candidate among the presidential candidates who would become a blessing to the country,” Jibrin added.
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