All is indeed, not rosy for Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami at the moment, as many people on social media are requesting for his resignation.
The hashtag #PantamiResign has been trending online, with almost 20,000 retweets as of the time of filing this report.
The tweets are requesting that, Isa Pantami should resign over his alleged link with terrorist groups, Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
The Nigerian Twitter community also said the minister cannot be trusted with the data of Nigerians, especially with the ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise under his watch.
In a viral video recorded many years ago which was later confirmed by his lawyer, Michael Numa, the minister was seen engaging the late Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf, in a public debate.
Pantami, an Islamic scholar, according to Peoples Gazette, also once declared that he was always happy when infidels were massacred.
Peoples Gazette said Pantami’s comments were contained in three audio recordings of his teachings in the 2000s, when he took extreme positions in support of the brutal exploits of Al Qaeda and Taliban elements who were on a campaign to obliterate the West and conquer other parts of the world.
Peoples Gazette also said Pantami did not return a request seeking comments from about whether or not he has eschewed his violent Salafist views.
He is said to be on the United States of America’s watchlist as an alleged supporter of terrorism.
