A former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, has
faulted the Federal Government’s approach in handling accusations against the
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
She warned the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.), to ensure that Nigeria is not listed among states sponsoring
terrorism.
Pantami has been under fire lately over comments he
allegedly made several years ago in support of Al-Qaeda – an extremist group
founded by the late Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11, 2001
attacks in the United States. Bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011, by the US
Navy SEALs inside a private residential compound in Pakistan.
Pantami also made comments in support of Taliban, a Sunni Islamist movement and military organisation in Afghanistan currently waging jihad within the country.
Many Nigerians are calling for the
removal of Pantami or his resignation over some controversial comments he made
in the past in support of global terrorist groups, Al-Qaeda and Taliban.
Though the minister had renounced the controversial comments
on the terrorist groups, saying that he was young when he made the radical
comments and he is now mature and now knows better, Nigerians reiterated their
position that Pantami must resign.
Some Nigerians also called for the prosecution of the
minister, insisting that he should be jailed if found guilty.
Despite the public outcry, the Presidency has remained
silent on the matter.
Also, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed,
on Wednesday, said the Federal Executive Council did not discuss the issue on
calls for Pantami’s sacking during its meeting presided over by the President,
Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
Reacting, Ezekwesili tweeted, “The @NigeriaGov @NGRPresident
@MBuhari may not realize that the world is following the ugly developments on
our country’s Minister of Communication and how his government is handling or
in fact ignoring to handle it.
“Nigeria must avoid the list of states that sponsor
terrorism.”
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