Ahmad Gumi, prominent Islamic cleric, says the nation will
regret it if Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, is
removed from office.
Many Nigerians and groups have been asking President
Muhammadu Buhari to sack Pantami after videos from the 2000s resurfaced wherein
the minister was seen supporting Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Pantami has, however, recanted his past views on the terror
groups, saying his position at the time was based on his understanding as a
teenager.
In an interview with Roots TV on Monday, Gumi said the
allegations against the minister are unfounded and should be discarded.
“You cannot Islamise
the whole world. Jesus Christ came; he could not Christianise the whole world.
Nobody can Islamise or Christianise Nigeria,” Gumi said.
“All his actions, one hundred percent, shows he is not a
terrorist. Those who are terrorists are after his life. The minister should
continue. His presence there is fighting the terrorist ideology.
“Show me one person he has killed. He has not killed
anybody. He has not ordered the killing of anybody. Discard the fake news. The
man is stabilising a government among a section of youths, which we want them
to come and join in nation-building. They should not throw him away. Leave him.
He is not a terrorist sympathiser.
“And you people are
fighting them. No. You should get more people like Pantami and put them in
power. It will stabilise. Don’t remove him. You’ll regret.”
The presidency has also defended Pantami, alleging that
information and communications technology (ICT) companies are the ones behind
calls for the minister’s removal.
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