“From my view, if APC can support, for example, (Rotimi) Amaechi or (Rochas) Okorocha/(Musa)Kwankwaso or Nasir el-Rufai or (Aminu) Tambuwal ticket and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will have Akpabio/Mu’azu or Ribadu or Shekarau, the next four years will, insha Allah, witness stability both in the North and South.
“The electoral body will get the necessary infrastructure that subsequently, the next election will be free and fair and a true reflection of Nigerians,” he said.
Gumi, in a message to Buhari, entitled: “My Candid Nasiha (advice) to General Buhari,” made available to journalists in Kaduna, on Tuesday, said Buhari’s weakness was not in his past impeccable record of accountability of public wealth and the fight against corruption and indiscipline, adding that it was rather in his inability to control men, compounded further by his strict and obsessive rejection of corruption.
“The humble People’s General, I know I have access to your privy, but this is meant for others to learn also.The prophet – peace be upon him – told one of the most honest and truthful of his companions, Abu Zar Algafary: ‘oh Abu Zar, I truly love for you what I love for myself. I, indeed, see that you are weak, so never accept to lead even two people and never accept safekeeping of the orphans’ wealth’.
“An honest and candid advice from the prophet that is still valid today for any leader whose weakness borders on leadership qualities.The reason for Zar’s weakness has nothing to do with his credibility or truthfulness. Never! The prophet was narrated as saying: ‘there is nobody under the shadows of trees or bare sun that is more honest in speech than him. Abu Zar - May Allah be pleased with him - is ascetic and inmaterialistic. Abu Zar is incorruptible. And yet he is not suitable for leadership.
“I am not claiming to be, even by an atom’s weight, anything close to our noble prophet, yet I am encouraged to give you this same advice by the virtue that you are not also close to Abu Zar in piety.
“We are living in a time of great tribulations and fitnah, especially for this ummah because of our collective iniquities, ignorance of religious instructions and the love of Dunyah. Don’t be surprised. You may need to understand that Islam, being a pragmatic religion, allows the use of Zakkat and public wealth as an instrument to pacify and lure influential people for the sake of righteousness, peace and stability. In modern governance today, it translates into the security vote.
“Thus men are also controlled by money. So if your policy of governance is ostensibly centered on sealing tight the use of money, you will have great problem with men. An Arab poet said ‘a fool cannot be the leader of his people, but the true leader of the people must feign foolishness.
“It’s convenient for your ardent supporters to quote copiously from the annals of history your great achievements but when your failures and weaknesses were pointed out, they say that was in the past. Is the lessons of past history only good for the positive achievements? Doesn’t that also explains our incessant failures?
“Your Excellency, good intentions are never enough. In the past, because of your clean records and straightforwardness, you were lured by men who want only the vanities, dunya, to uproot a young democracy on the caprices of fighting corruption. Corruption is, no doubt, an evil, but there is a more monstrous evil than corruption. That is turmoil and insecurity. Peace and stability are the most important part of governance that no price is too high for them,” he said in the message.
According to Gumi, Buhari’s “weakness in control of men became evident when the very people that used you to revolt against a constituted authority came back to uproot you from the seat of power with your own kinsmen, without a gun cocked in your defense.
“Today, the corruption you were deceived to fight against has reached unimaginable level, coupled with the worst state of insecurity and peace in the nation. There was just recently an attempt on your life like many of us. A believer is not stung from the same hole twice. Men used your innocence before to get power and dump you, please be sensible today.
“Some other men still want to use you to get power and surely they will dump you again. You don’t share the same philosophy at all. As I explained later, your obsession and philosophy of fighting corruption is not the priority of Nigeria today, what Nigeria needs utmost now is peace and stability.”
He added that “if Sardauna is alive and in your situation today, he will never contest for the presidential seat because of his deep understanding of what the nation needs. He will step down for a more acceptable younger person. It’s on record that Sardauna, even at the age of under 60, said he was not going to contest again, preparing his only house in Rabah for retirement.
“Nigeria now needs peace and stability first. Then we talk of good governance later, though it’s the source of the predicament we are facing.
“If you may ask, why can’t this same peace be achieved with you and another Christian running mate? General, you have antagonist and they are many and also as ardent as your supporters. Your supporters have the biggest proportion of the underprivileged of the society, which is the petrol that can be easily ignited by the slightest spark. The spark will be when you’re declared the loser. And you know you can very well lose if the Christians follow their church -and why not in this era of mediocrity.
“On the other hand, if (Goodluck) Jonathan comes back, Boko Haram will be real, not the political one we see. The turmoil will engulf the whole country, not only the North. That is why I also call on PDP to present some other candidates.
“My brother in Islam, please listen to the words of wisdom and don’t follow the whims of the riffraff. Before they used you the first time to disrupt the Second Republic, my father advised you against it. Today, I am also advising you against contesting in the 2015 presidential election, because you will be used to ignite the nation -a dream well orchestrated several years ago - and also be used by bad people as a ladder to grab regional and local powers. I rest my case here.”
http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/19330-forget-2015-gumi-tells-buhari
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