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PDP Calls For Pantami’s Sack, Probe
- Pantami had, on Sunday, for the first time, acknowledged his past views but noted that he has since renounced those radical assertions
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to fire the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami after several reports Unearthed his past religious extremist views.
PDP in a statement issued on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja, also urged the Department of State Service (DSS) to quiz the Minister.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately invite the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for questioning over alleged affiliations with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda,” the statement partly read.
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“The party also demands that President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately sack the minister, given the sensitivity of the issue at stake.”
Isa Pantami
The main opposition party explained that its position “is predicated on the heightening concerns in the public space and in the international arena of possible compromises by the communication minister, who has access to sensitive government documents and information, in addition to data of all individuals including high profile personalities in the public and private sectors as well as the traditional and faith-based circles.”
It also maintained that “allegations in the public suggesting that the minister compromised the NIN registration exercise by giving room for the registration of aliens and invaders from other countries as our citizens,” are worrying.
The PDP enjoined Nigerians to remain alert and very sensitive to their environment, adding that they should not hesitate in providing useful information to security agencies in the interest of the nation.
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