Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy,
has denied having any link with the Boko Haram insurgent group as alleged in
some viral reports.
The minister said he has been preaching against the
doctrines of Boko Haram and similar groups, endangering his life in the
process.
“My lectures against the doctrines and all other evil people
have been available for over 15 years, including debates that endangered my
life against many criminals in Nigeria,” he wrote via his Twitter handle on
Monday.
“By the Almighty, no amount of intimation will stop
@IsaPantami from implementing the good policies of President Muhammadu Buhari,
GCFR on security.”
The minister was reacting to an unconfirmed report by Daily
Independent that the United States government allegedly placed him on a
watchlist for reported links with Mohammed Yusuf, the founder of Boko Haram.
The news platform did not provide any source of the claim
other than citing the “America’s Intelligence Service.”
We could not verify the information; official sources
including the US embassy in Nigeria have not responded to enquiries regarding
the issue.
A video featuring Pantami and Yusuf is also being shared
online to back claims in the news report.
But the video, which can be found here, is of a debate
between the duo in which the minister was educating the late Boko Haram leader
against the group’s extremist anti-western education ideologies.
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