A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement in which he declared support for Minister of communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, showed where and what the President’s stand on terrorism had been all this while.
Buhari, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, threw his administration’s weight behind the Minister amid calls for his resignation.
The calls followed disclosures which linked Pantami with terrorist organisations – Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Shehu had, in the statement, said: “The administration stands behind Minister Pantami.”
Reacting via her Twitter handle, Ezekwesili said: “In that singular act of siding with his Minister of Communication, @NGRPresident @MBuhari actually conveyed a message on his view of terrorism.
“Nigerians now know that his views align with that of his Minister.
“It is now left to Nigerians to convey whether we agree with them,” she tweeted
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