Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, has warned that Nigerians will regret it if the embattled Communications and Digital Economy Minister, Isa Pantami, is removed from office.
Dr. Pantami has come under heavy backlash and pressure to resign or be sacked since his past public declaration of support for terrorist groups, al-Qaeda and the Taliban re-emerged in national discourse in the past couple of weeks.
But Gumi, a Kaduna-based Islamic preacher threw his weight behind the minister, insisting he is not a terrorist sympathiser.
He said in an interview with Roots TV that the embattled minister was rather a nation builder who was working to attract other youths of his type to support the government.
Gumi said, “Show me one person he has killed? He has not killed anybody. He has not ordered the killing of anybody. The man is stabilising a government among a section of youth which we want them to come and join in nation-building.”
Gumi said Mr Pantami was a victim of wicked campaigns to remove him from office.
“And you people are fighting them. No. You should get more people like Pantami and put them in power. Don’t remove him. You’ll regret,” Gumi warned.
