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Nigeria Needs More People Like Pantami In Power – Gumi
- “All his actions, one hundred percent, shows he is not a terrorist”
Ahmad Gumi, prominent Islamic cleric, has defended the embattled Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, saying alleged espousal of terrorists creed by the minister is spurious.
Pantami has been in the eye of the storm for couple of weeks now as Nigerians implored president Muhammadu Buhari to relieve him of his appointment after videos from the 2000s resurfaced wherein he justified the actions and activities of terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Pantami has, however, renounced 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 Nigerians will regret if Pantami was removed because he’s not a terrorist .
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“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”
He urged Nigerians to disregard what he described as ‘fake news’, adding that Pantami was engrossed in contributing his quota to the development of the country.
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“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.
Gumi
“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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