Nigeria, Dec. 4 -- Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Thursday offered a strong prayer seeking God's wrath on those behind the rising insecurity and killings across Nigeria.

In a post on his Facebook page, Gumi asked God to expose and punish anyone-local or foreign-benefiting from or contributing to the bloodshed in the country, while sparing innocent citizens.

He wrote: "My prayer today: Ya Allah! Whoever initiated or is behind this insecurity and bloodbath in Nigeria, whether foreign or citizen, or has any benefit, material or otherwise, or is even happy that people are being killed, or willingly did nothing to stop it, may by Your divine power be exposed and Your anger poured upon them and punished immediately without harm...