Embattled Minister of Communications and
Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on Monday raised the alarm that some unnamed
persons were planning to release some doctored videos against him.
Pantami, who disclosed this in a statement
issued in Abuja by his media aide, Uwa Suleiman, said the move was the next
stage of the forces against him.
There had been calls for the resignation of
the minister after his controversial comments on the activities of terrorists
emerged on social media.
Although the minister had renounced the
comments and insisted that he made them out of immaturity in the past, many
Nigerians still insisted that he should resign or be sacked.
But on Monday, Pantami through his aide
said, “We are in receipt of credible intelligence that the same forces, who
have been championing a well-coordinated and richly funded campaign against
Pantami, are now unto the next stage of their diabolic project.
“This time round, the forces of evil are
shopping for willing partners as well as their usual avenues to release
doctored videos purporting to show the minister in an alleged compromising
condition as a way of creating injury on his image.
“We are least surprised by this recent move
which is a clear intensification of their desperation, having failed in their
assault on the personality of the minister, despite their previous efforts.”
The minister said the notice was to alert
the public to the latest plan and to warn the perpetrators about the
consequences of such action.
The statement indicated that the minister
would not sit idly to see his reputation as a community leader, Islamic scholar
and public servant being muddled in the mud by paid agents.
It warned of consequences, although the minister
was mute on what such consequences could be.
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