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Kaduna-based Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has stirred fresh controversy by alleging that he's been targeted for elimination, with his name supposedly added to a list alongside Boko Haram members. 

Speaking to his congregation in a video that's now circulating widely on social media, Gumi said he got an early-morning call from a high-level contact in Abuja warning him about discussions at a national security meeting."They called me from Abuja, saying there was a security briefing," Gumi recounted. 

"They told me I've been marked—that I'll be taken out. And who are Boko Haram exactly?" He went on to suggest the plot involves foreign forces, particularly pointing fingers at the United States, claiming it could come through an American airstrike. 

Some reports link his warning to recent U.S.-supported military actions against terror groups in northern Nigeria.Gumi, who's often courted controversy for advocating dialogue with bandits and criticizing military approaches to insecurity, dismissed the allegations as baseless lies. He urged northern leaders and fellow clerics to speak out against what he sees as dangerous fabrications that are pulling the country deeper into division and fear. 

"This silence from our leaders is only making things worse," he added, while blaming external influences for fueling Nigeria's ongoing crises.As of now, there's no official response from the Nigerian government or U.S. authorities to Gumi's explosive claims. 

The outspoken scholar, son of the late influential Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has long been a polarizing figure in debates over banditry and terrorism in the north.

Watch the video as he spoke in hausa language 👇