Shocking! Nigerian Minister Isa Pantami Accused of Being A Part of Boko Haram and Al Qaeda

• Reports from News Wire Ng has claimed that Nigerian minister of communications, Isa Pantami has ties with Al Qaeda and Boko Haram

• The reports claim that before Pantami was appointed minister, he held dangerous opinions of the US government

• The Presidency has reacted to rumors of Pantami’s radicalism through Buhari’s PA on Media

Reports emerged on Monday morning that Nigeria’s Minister of communications, Isa Pantami is on the terrorist watchlist of the United States.

The reports claim that Pantami was trained in Saudi Arabia alongside other Islamic Jihadists.

The report also claims that the Minister held dangerous opinions of the US before he was appointed Minister.

Findings from Pulse Ng reveals that Pantami was an Islamic terrorist but he never had extreme negative views of the US government.

The findings also show that the minister even went against the extremist views of other scholars.

According to the US Department of States, reports that Pantami has ties with the terrorist organization are false.

FBI’s publicly accessible watchlist for terrorists also doesn’t contain the minister’s name.

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To stop the rumors flying around, the Presidency has also reacted through the Personal Assistant to Buhari on Media, Bashir Ahmad.

Ahmad claims that the rumors from News Wire are false and Nigerians did not verify before spreading them.

He also added that Isa Pantami has never been on any US watchlist.

You have just endorsed a fake report without verifying. As a media outlet @NewsWireNGR you know exactly how to verify such reports, but no, you are here pushing a false and dangerous narrative to your thousands of followers. FYI @DrIsaPantami has never been on any US watchlist.

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