My driver, secretary are Christians, I am not a terrorist –Pantami

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami says he has no issues with Christians, adding that his personal driver, secretary, and technical assistant are all Christians

Pantami said this in an interview with Peoples Gazette on Friday.

The minister has recently been berated, bashed, and blasted over his alleged link with terrorist groups, with many Nigerians calling on President  Buhari to sack the minister

According to Peoples Gazette, The minister once declared that he was always happy when infidels were massacred.

Peoples Gazette said Pantami’s comments were contained in three audio recordings of his teachings in the 2000s when he took extreme positions in support of the brutal exploits of Al Qaeda and Taliban elements on a campaign to obliterate the West and conquer other parts of the world.

However, in the interview, the minister rejected any affiliation with any terrorist group and as always preached peaceful coexistence amongst people of every faith and ethnicity.

His words: “My personal driver is Mai Keffi, a practicing Christian. I also have a Christian, Ms. Nwosu, as my secretary and Dr. Femi, also a Christian, as my technical adviser.

“If I did not like Christians or I did not see them as my brothers and sisters, I would not have been working with them for so long. I employed more Christians than Muslims on my staff because I believe in merit and competence over ethnic or tribal sentiments.”

“I have never condoned terrorism and I reject any affiliation to terror groups. I have long preached peaceful coexistence amongst people of every faith and ethnicity.”

Meanwhile, The Nigerian Twitter community has insisted that the minister could not be trusted with the data of Nigerians, especially with the ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise under his watch.