The Presidency insists that former Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun’s NYSC certificate forgery is worse than the terrorism views held in the past by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami.
The latest development is a follow up to its statement on Thursday, in defence of Pantami
The Presidency also accused some of the Minister’s enemies and some Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies of being behind the “smear campaign.”
In an interview with a Channels TV program #PoliticsToday on Friday, SSA to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu compared the certificate forgery case of Kemi Adeosun to the earlier support for terror groups expressed by Pantami.
When asked the reason the presidency let the former Minister go but quick to defend Pantami, Shehu noted that the certificate forgery by Adeosun is more of a crime than the past extremist views of Pantami.
He added that President Muhammadu Buhari’s response “would have been different” if Pantami had forged his certificate as Adeosun did.
Shehu said Pantami’s case only involved people probing his thoughts during the said lectures.
“In the second case which is that of Pantami, you are probing the thoughts, what is called ‘McCarthyism’; you search the inner recesses of the minds of individuals, bring out things they have said, or they are about to say, or you think they would say, and use that against them.
“If Pantami had forged certificate before coming into office, the attitude would have been different.
Shehu dismissed claims that the presidency’s support for Pantami suggests how the current administration tolerates violent religious extremism.
He added that those making such claims are “the problems of the society” for their unwillingness to forgive Pantami.
“Those people who stand in criticism of a man who has said he had wronged and society, he has apologised and changed, and they are not willing to forgive him to move on, they are the ones who are the problem. They are the ones who are deeply intolerant,” he said.
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