Abubakar, who served at a mosque in Madina quarters, was reportedly eliminated after he continued making feedback in help of Tinubu following the Subhi prayer on Sunday, regardless of earlier warnings from the mosque committee.
It was gathered that the Imam repeatedly advised worshippers that Tinubu was not accountable for Nigeria’s insecurity and deserved one other time period in workplace.
Abubakar, nonetheless, defended his sermons, saying he had urged worshippers to cease blaming the president for the nation’s safety and financial challenges.
“I have been preaching to the people to stop castigating President Tinubu for the insecurity and economic challenges,” he mentioned, including that some worshippers had been ready to vote for the president in 2027.
The former Imam defined that his messages targeted on non secular devotion and the necessity for divine intervention in addressing insecurity.
“My preaching priorities are fear of God and our day-to-day activities,” he mentioned.
He additionally cited conflicts in Sudan, Chad and Mali, questioning whether or not Tinubu was accountable for the insecurity affecting these nations.
Confirming the removing, chairman of the mosque committee, Imam Abubakar Jibrin, mentioned the disagreement prolonged past the Imam’s help for the president to his alleged organisation of political discussions across the mosque.
“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,” Jibrin mentioned.
He mentioned the committee had repeatedly warned Abubakar towards turning the mosque right into a political platform, insisting that its major function was worship.
“The mosque committee sat down with him and cautioned him against turning the mosque to a political platform because of the Quranic verse which says the Mosque is solemnly for worship of Allah alone,” he mentioned.
Jibrin added that political actions ought to happen at occasion workplaces somewhat than non secular premises.
“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,” he mentioned.
The committee chairman additional alleged that Abubakar had proposed renaming the mosque from Masjid Abdullahi Bin Zubbair to Masjid Imam Bola Ahmed Tinubu, an concept the committee rejected.
“All the committee members said ‘no’ because the mosque belongs to the community,” Jibrin mentioned, sustaining that the mosque’s present identify would stay unchanged.
He mentioned the committee had determined to not reinstate the Imam.
“He should go and build his personal mosque, or politicians should go buy a mosque for him; that is not our business,” Jibrin mentioned.
The chairman harassed that the committee was not against any political candidate however wished the nation to have leaders who would serve its pursuits.
“Our prayer is to Allah to choose the best for the country, be it President Tinubu or any candidate among the presidential candidates that would become a blessing to the country,” he added.
