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Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, this week in Abuja, has raised an alarm over plans to release some doctored videos to undermine his credential as a respected Islamic scholar.
Pantami, who has recently been in the eye of the storm over past fiery statements as an Islamic preacher before becoming a government appointee, said the videos have been designed to show him in an alleged compromising condition.
Describing himself as a victim of “well-coordinated and richly funded campaign, the minister said “he would not sit idly to see his hard-earned reputation as an Islamic scholar destroyed.”
The presidency also this week came in strong defence of the minister describing the call for his resignation or sack as a “cancelled campaign” by opposition groups and other disgruntled elements targeting to undermine the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari .
“We are in receipt of credible intelligence that the same forces who have been championing a well-coordinated and richly funded campaign against the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, are now unto the next stage of their diabolic project,” said the minister’s spokesperson, Mrs. Uwa Suleiman in a statement.
She further states:
“This time around, the forces of evil are shopping for willing partners as well as their usual avenues, to release doctored videos purporting to show the Minister in an alleged compromising condition, as a way of creating injury on his image…We are least surprised by this recent move which is a clear intensification of their desperation, having failed in their assault on the personality of the Minister, despite their previous efforts.”
The statement said; “After concocting lies and half-truths linking the Minister with terrorism, despite his well-documented stance against Boko Haram and similar groups, these adversaries went to the extent of doctoring a document with capacity to endanger national security.
“It was a relief for peace-loving Nigerians that the gimmick also failed to strike that sensitive chord.
”He affirmed to protect his integrity despite the antics of alleged paid agents.”
“This notice therefore is to alert the public to the latest ungodly plan and to warn the perpetrators about the consequences of such action.
“The Minister will not sit idly to see his hard-earned reputation as a respected community leader, Islamic Scholar and public servant being muddled in the mud by paid agents with no adherence to truth and fear of God.”
