There is disquiet in the land at the weekend followÂing an allegation that the Minister of ComÂmunications and Digital Economy, Alhaji Isa Ali Ibrahim, also known as Sheikh Pantami, has fallÂen on the watch list of the America’s Intelligence Service.
Ibrahim, also the DepÂuty Secretary General of the Supreme Sharia Council in Nigeria and a former student of Salafist ideologies, was trained in Saudi Arabia and the MidÂdle East with other top IsÂlamic jihadists.
Before his appointment as a minister, Ibrahim was a known Islamic preacher and held what was termed ‘dangerous views’ against the American governÂment with allegiance to Al-Qaeda.
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According to a report, the minister was said to be a very close confidant of the late Mohammed Yusuf, the killed leader of Boko Haram with whom he allegedly shared jihadÂist doctrines.
According to Western Intelligence, the minister had ties with Abu QuataÂda al Falasimi and other Al-Qaeda leaders that he revered and spoke glowÂingly of in several of his videos on YouTube.
In one of his narratives, Ibrahim had eulogised Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi as a great leader, who joined Al-Qaeda group after emÂigrating to Afghanistan at the end of the September 11, 2001 terror attack on the World Trade Centre in America.
This is what he wrote about Abu Musab: “UnÂder the Osama’s leaderÂship, he became the unit commander of army of Al-Qaeda with the support of the Commander of the loyal Maula Umar (TaliÂban leader).
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