Calls for Nigeria’s minister of communication and digital economy Dr Isa Ali Pantami to resign over his views regarding ISIS and Al Queda Terrorist group has intensified on various social media platforms, Oyogist.com reports.
Isa Pantami had openly acknowledge his past views but said he has since renounced those radical comments, further blaming his findings on age, immaturity and limited knowledge.
“Some of the comments I made some years ago that are generating controversies now were based on my understanding of religious issues at the time, and I have changed several positions taken in the past based on new evidence and maturity,” Pantami had said during his daily Ramadan lecture at Annor Mosque in Abuja.
“I was young when I made some of the comments; I was in university, some of the comments were made when I was a teenager. I started preaching when I was 13, many scholars and individuals did not understand some of international events and therefore took some positions based on their understanding, some have come to change their positions later.”
