Boko Haram: They Are Our Muslim Brothers, Shouldn’t Be Killed – Pantami

• The Minister argued that Boko Haram insurgents should have been treated with dignity as against the deadly military campaign

The current heat on the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami may have been turned up centigrades more.

According to reports, the Minister, who is also a cleric, was heard making comments on audio recordings from his sermons a few years back – comments that have been perceived by many as pro-terrorism.

Peoples Gazette, an online medium, on Friday, revealed that it received another damning audio evidence, a part of his sermons which it said was obtained through an anonymous source lare Thursday.

“See what our fellow Muslim brothers’ blood has turned to? Even pig blood has more value than that of a fellow Muslim brother,” Pantami was quoted as saying while lamenting a military campaign ordered by the Goodluck Jonathan-led federal government.

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“We are praying to God to answer all our prayers. It’s our right and obligation before all Muslim leaders, politicians, government appointees, academics. All of us should not fold their arms and watch helplessly how they shed our Muslim brothers’ blood and cheat them in vain.”

The Minister argued that Boko Haram insurgents should have been treated with dignity as against the deadly military campaign, saying extermination of insurgents amounted to extrajudicial killing.

“Even if the Boko Haram fighters commit a crime, but can we justify the way and manner they are being killed?”

“Just look at how they are killing people as if they are shooting pigs even though they commit a crime, why the extrajudicial killing? Take them before the law for a fair trial.

“You caught someone sleeping and you killed him. If it’s not Muslims that undergo such treatments who else?” Pantami was quoted as saying.

The minister also said the previous administration should have pampered Boko Haram insurgents in the same manner as the Niger-Delta militants.

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