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Dr Isa Ali Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has been at the centre of a litany of controversies for two weeks non-stop an unusually lengthy period in the Nigerian news cycle. A newspaper had reported that Pantami, who is also an Islamic cleric, was on the US terror watch list because of his views on al-Qaeda, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by Western countries. Pantami spiritedly denied the report and demanded a retraction. I guess that in the absence of a compelling evidence to back the report, the newspaper recoiled and apologised. Pantami’s lawyers smelt blood and decided to go for the jugular, threatening a law suit.
Yakowa’a death was celebrated by some Muslim youths in the state.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 22, 2021
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami and some Northern Muslim leaders in 2010 plotted to kill former governor of Kaduna state, Patrick Yakowa, a communique adopted at the meeting of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) at Bauchi Central Mosque has showed.
The meeting chaired by Pantami claimed that having Yakowa, a Christian as governor of the state was uncalled for and a insult to Islam in the country.
“The present development given Patrick Yakowa to rule Kaduna State is totally uncalled for and it’s a slap to Islam in Nigeria. It’s considered as equal to a Christian ruling in Mecca.