Elumelu demands Pantami’s resignation as Gbajabiamila blocks motion
The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, on Wednesday, urged the House to demand the resignation or sack of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for once backing activities of Jihadist leaders and deadly Islamic sects.
Pantami has been under fire for once preaching the violent cause of extremist Islamist sects and Jihadist narratives of al-Qaeda and the Taliban before he became a minister in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
At the plenary on Wednesday, Elumelu raised a point of order to demand that the House should act on the issue.
He demanded the minister’s resignation or sack.
The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, however, overruled the Minority Leader, noting that Elumelu came under matter if privilege and that the matter being raised had nothing to do with his privilege as a lawmaker.
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