BREAKING: Pantami should not continue to serve as a Minister__ Moghalu

Having refrain from commenting on Pantami’s saga, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and ex-presidential candidate, Prof Kingsley Moghalu said that Isa Pantami should never have scaled the vetting process that saw him emerge as the Minister in the country.

Recall that Pantami has been on the hot seat recently over a comment he made in the past that saw him sympathising with terrorist organisations – Al-Qaeda and the Taliban – a thing he says he has repented of.

Moreso, Moghalu believes that the timing of Pantami’s recants means that he must have been harbouring those views while serving as minister.

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He, however, faulted the Presidency’s decision to support Pantami whom he says should not continue to serve as a minister.

“I have refrained so far from commenting on the #Pantami controversy. From the information available: anyone can a mistake, and has the right to recant from it. But when the evidence shows that a serving minister of Nigeria has expressed open support for global terrorist groups, he should never have scaled the vetting process and been approved for that office,” he tweeted.

I have refrained so far from commenting on the #Pantami controversy. From information available: anyone can a mistake, and has the right to recant from it. But when the evidence shows that a serving minister of Nigeria has expressed open support for global terrorist groups,

— Kingsley Moghalu (@MoghaluKingsley) April 23, 2021