BREAKING: Pantami renounces controversial comments on Al Qaeda, Taliban
April 18, 2021
Minister of Communication and Digital Economic Ali Isa Pantami has renounced some controversial comments on Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
The minister has been under fire over the comments which were interpreted as endorsing the extremist sects.
Social media users and some government critics have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to fire him if he fails to step down.
But while answering questions during his daily Ramadan lecture at Annor Mosque in Abuja on Saturday, the minister said he now knows better about some of the comments he made in the past.
BREAKING: Pantami renounces controversial comments on Al Qaeda, Taliban
Minister of Communication and Digital Economic Ali Isa Pantami has renounced some controversial comments on Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
The minister has been under fire over the comments which were interpreted as endorsing the extremist sects.
Social media users and some government critics have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to fire him if he fails to step down.
But while answering questions during his daily Ramadan lecture at Annor Mosque in Abuja on Saturday, the minister said he now knows better about some of the comments he made in the past.
He said the campaign against him is…