Comms Minister, Isa Pantami Denies Having Any Links With Boko Haram, Threatens To Sue For Defamation Of Character

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Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, has denied having any link with insurgent groups like Boko Haram and Al Qaeda, as alleged in a viral report.

The minister said this in reaction an unconfirmed report that alleged that United States government placed him on a watchlist for alleged links with late Mohammed Yusuf, the founder of Boko Haram.

The report claimed that before his appointment as a minister, Ibrahim was a known Islamic preacher and held what was termed ‘dangerous views’ against US government with allegiance to Al Qaeda.

The news platform did not provide any source of the information order than citing the “America’s Intelligence Service.”

In his remark, Pantami threatened to sue media houses that are responsible for publishing the unconfirmed report over defamation of character.

He expressed he has been preaching against the doctrines of Boko Haram and similar groups, endangering his life in the process.

Speaking about a viral video that showed him conversing with late Yusuf in Hausa, the minister said; “If you can’t understand Hausa, get an objective Hausa speaker to translate for you objectively”.

It would be recalled that Bashir Ahmad, Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, earlier described the report as ‘fake news’, declaring that the Minister has never been on any US watchlist.

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