Professor Zulum Borno Governor
Professor Zulum Borno Governor
Boko Haram: Gov Zulum Seeks Spiritual Interventions in
Kaaba
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has entered an
arrangement with 30 residents of Makkah who will on permanent
basis, offer daily ‘Dawaf’ (circumambulation of the holy Ka’aba )
to offer prayers for the return and sustenance of peace in Borno
State and the rest of Nigeria.
The 30 persons, all of them with Nigerian origin from Borno,
Katsina, Zamfara, Kano and parts of the northwest, have for tens of
years devoted themselves to spending hours at the Ka’aba everyday
for the purpose of worship. An old man amongst them, is said to
have remained a Ka’aba devotee in the last 40 years. The Ka’aba is
Islam’s holiest area located inside the grand Al-Haram mosque in
Makkah.
The Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, who shared this at
the weekend, said the critical move aimed to combine different
approaches that include sustained support for the Nigerian Armed
forces, aggressive mass recruitment and equipping of more
counter-insurgency volunteers into the Civilian JTF, hunters and
vigilantes as well as socioeconomic approach in enhancing access to
education, job opportunities and providing other means of
livelihood through social protection initiatives.
Gusau, who was present during Governor Zulum’s brief interaction
with the devotees on Friday evening around the Ka’aba, said the
Governor was there to convey his deepest gratitude and to seek
continued prayers.
“Rather than sending anyone, I am here to, on behalf of the good
people of Borno State thank you so much for your empathy and the
compassion in devotion yourselves to praying for us every day at
the Ka’aba which for us as Muslims, is the most sacred place. We
need these prayers more than ever before. We are handling our
problem from different approaches. Prayer is key in everything that
we seek. We will continue to seek prayers from many fronts. We will
keep supporting our clerics of different faiths in Nigeria for the
same prayers and we will seek the same from all of you that are
always here around the Holy Ka’aba. I basically will beg that you
continue to pray for us towards achieving three things: first, for
us to regain peace in Borno State, all of the north and Nigeria in
general.
We will have to continue that prayer on permanent basis because
we need peace that will be sustained. Secondly, we need prayers for
us to achieve our ambitious plan for Borno state and lastly for
Allah to make us remain focused and not to get carried away by
power” Zulum told the devotees, as quoted by his spokesperson.
Gusau explained that the Governor has already returned to
Nigeria on Saturday.