{"id":115509,"date":"2024-04-09T20:41:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T19:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz"},"modified":"2024-04-09T22:55:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T21:55:44","slug":"i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I didn\u2019t threaten Remi Tinubu\u2019\u2014Controversial Bauchi cleric Abdul\u2019aziz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Controversial Islamic cleric Idris Abdul\u2019aziz, the chief imam of Dusten-Tanshi Jumma\u2019ah Mosque Bauchi, has denied threatening the life of the president\u2019s wife, Oluremi Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>He cleared the air at his first public appearance after his return from self-imposed exile.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking while closing this year\u2019s Ramadan commentary of the Holy Qur\u2019an in Bauchi yesterday, he said: \u201cI have no business with her whatsoever and I don\u2019t even know her correct name. I have never commented on her husband, the president, let alone her. I don\u2019t have anything to do with the wife of the president. It was a smearing campaign orchestrated from Bauchi to cause disaffection between me and the wife of the president. Two groups are responsible for this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abdul\u2019aziz described the allegations as a smear campaign aimed at tarnishing his reputation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI challenge those behind this to bring forward authentic video or audio evidence where I was quoted issuing a threat to the wife of the president,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>A viral video surfaced in February where the Islamic cleric allegedly declared that Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, deserved to die for her Christian faith.<\/p>\n<p>He was also alleged to have described the Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought President Bola Tinubu to power as a scam.<\/p>\n<p>However, the First Lady, undeterred by the threat, said that after reaching 64 years of age, she shouldn\u2019t be afraid of death.<\/p>\n<p>She stated this during her visit to Bauchi to commission some projects in the state around March.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the incident during the first lady\u2019s visit, Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed expressed his dismay, describing the threat as unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>He apologised to Mrs Tinubu while assuring her of her safety in the state and pledged to take appropriate action against the cleric responsible for the threat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Controversial Islamic cleric Idris Abdul\u2019aziz, the chief imam of Dusten-Tanshi Jumma\u2019ah Mosque Bauchi, has denied threatening the life of the president\u2019s wife, Oluremi Tinubu. He cleared the air at his first public appearance after his return from self-imposed exile. Speaking while closing this year\u2019s Ramadan commentary of the Holy Qur\u2019an in Bauchi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":115507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13221,1570,2140,463,254,11053],"class_list":["post-115509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-abdulaziz","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-bauchi","tag-nigeria","tag-remi-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018I didn\u2019t threaten Remi Tinubu\u2019\u2014Controversial Bauchi cleric Abdul\u2019aziz - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Controversial Islamic cleric Idris Abdul\u2019aziz, the chief imam of Dusten-Tanshi Jumma\u2019ah Mosque Bauchi, has denied threat ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018I didn\u2019t threaten Remi Tinubu\u2019\u2014Controversial Bauchi cleric Abdul\u2019aziz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Controversial Islamic cleric Idris Abdul\u2019aziz, the chief imam of Dusten-Tanshi Jumma\u2019ah Mosque Bauchi, has denied threat ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-09T19:41:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-09T21:55:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1712683206.119425.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"859\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"546\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018I didn\u2019t threaten Remi Tinubu\u2019\u2014Controversial Bauchi cleric Abdul\u2019aziz\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-09T19:41:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-04-09T21:55:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz\"},\"wordCount\":324,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/sm_1712683206.119425.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abdul\u2019Aziz\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Bauchi\",\"Nigeria\",\"Remi tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-didnt-threaten-remi-tinubu-controversial-bauchi-cleric-abdulaziz\",\"name\":\"\u2018I didn\u2019t threaten Remi Tinubu\u2019\u2014Controversial Bauchi cleric Abdul\u2019aziz - 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