Nasiru Musa Idris, husband of a Moroccan woman at the centre of a dispute involving Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has accused the cleric of interfering in his marriage and preventing security agencies from investigating what he described as the abduction of his wife.
Idris made the allegation in an interview with RFI Hausa, saying he met Gumi at a pharmacy on Isa Kaita Road, Kaduna, where he had gone with his family.
He said he later introduced his Moroccan wife to the cleric, adding that she had not known anyone in Nigeria before he brought her into the country after travelling to Morocco to seek her hand in marriage.
According to him, their marriage was conducted with the approval of her parents and relevant authorities, including the Nigerian Embassy.
“For Dr Gumi, I believe in him because of his character as a religious scholar and leader. I met him at a pharmacy on Isa Kaita Road with my family.
“The Moroccan girl had never known anyone in Nigeria and nobody knew her except through me. I went to seek her hand in marriage in her country, and we had an engagement with the approval of the embassy and the approval of her parents,” he said.
Idris said the dispute began when Gumi allegedly insisted that he obtain another marriage certificate from a Sharia Court despite having documents relating to the marriage from Morocco and Nigeria.
He said the documents included those obtained from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nigerian Embassy in Morocco, as well as other documents and a police character report.
“I told him that I did not agree with the marriage certificate he told me to obtain. Later, he went to the Sharia Court in Malali and asked them to issue one to him,” Idris alleged.
He further alleged that Gumi subsequently sought the separation of his marriage and attempted to prevent security agencies from investigating the disappearance of his wife.
Idris called on the cleric to honour a police invitation and allow the matter to be investigated.
“My complaint is that he should come forward and answer the invitation of the police so that an investigation can be conducted. If he is right, there is nothing stopping him from going to the authorities to clear his name,” he said.
He alleged that his wife had been in Gumi’s custody for about 11 months, describing the situation as unjust.
“For 11 months now, my wife has been in his hands through injustice and ill-treatment. He has no relationship with her; she had never known him. The only place they knew each other was through me,” he alleged.
Idris also disputed claims that his wife’s mother came to Nigeria and took her daughter away, saying he personally processed her documents to enable her travel to Nigeria.
He said he took his wife to Gumi after the cleric asked him to bring her for counselling because she was young.
“Because I trusted him, I took her there. From then on, whenever I called, she did not answer the phone,” he alleged.
However, Gumi, while speaking to Weekend Trust, denied the allegations and said he would sue Idris for defamation.
“But I will take him to court for defamation against me. As for the issue of the girl, she has already left Nigeria and she is in Morocco happily with her parents.
“I don’t want to say much on an issue already in court, but I will sue him for defamation,” Gumi said.
Also speaking on behalf of Gumi, the Chairman of the Volunteers of Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna, and the cleric’s Personal Assistant on Special Assignment, Malam Nasiru Ayuba, popularly known as Dan Agaji, denied the allegation that Gumi kept Idris’ wife in his house.
Ayuba said the woman approached Gumi herself to seek help over a personal problem.
“The allegation that Malam kept his wife in his house is not true. It was the woman herself who went to Malam to ask him for help,” Ayuba said.
He added that Gumi intervened because the woman, being a Moroccan national, sought assistance and said she could go anywhere if she was not helped.
“She brought the matter herself because she knew what she was going through. Therefore, Malam did what he could and took the matter to court,” he said.
Ayuba urged Gumi’s supporters to remain patient until the matter was determined, alleging that the cleric had been targeted on social media.
“He only wants to tarnish Malam’s image on the social media,” he alleged.
He said they would not disclose private information about Idris unless it became necessary.
“We will not expose anyone’s secrets, but if it becomes necessary to expose the secrets, we will do so because we have everything recorded,” Ayuba said.
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