Why Buhari must sack Pantami now – Fani-Kayode

Critic, Femi Fani-Kayode on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately sack Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami because he is an ‘unrepentant jihadist.’

Pantami has come under fire following his link with terrorist groups in the past.

Fani-Kayode, in a statement on Thursday also attacked Kabir Bako for defending Pantami on Channels Televisions’ ‘Politics Today’ on Wednesday.

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He said he had considered giving Pantami a soft landing a few days ago and opted to forgive him for his offensive, dangerous and repugnant vituperation only because he had publicly expressed his regrets but said this was no longer the case because his expression of remorse was clearly not genuine or heart-felt.

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“If he was, he would not have sent Kabir to Channels Television to defend those vituperation. The matter was made worse by the fact that the man spoke utter rubbish. Now that his friends and supporters are attempting to justify and rationalise what he has said and done, I am free to speak my mind about Pantami and this short contribution serves only as the first shot. More will come later,” he said.

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Fani-Kayode alleged that Pantami is a hater of Christians and non-Muslims, as he is an ‘unrepentant jihadist.’

“His attempt to defend his evil ways and justify them by sending out the like Kabo to speak for him disgusts me. In any case if he had the courage of his convictions why can’t he speak for himself?

“Does he not owe himself that much? Is he a coward? Does he not have guts? Is he scared of a real fight?” He asked.

He said Pantami is not fit to be a Minister of the Federal Republic and that “the sooner he is dropped from President Buhari’s cabinet like a hot potato and brought to justice, the better. The world is watching.”