Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been called out on Twitter for keeping mute over Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy’s past views on terror groups.
Mr Abubakar, known for swiftly weighing in on issues of national interest has since been silent on Mr Pantami’s radical preaching and ties with terrorist groups.
Though the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has registered it’s opposition to Mr Pantami’s continuous stay in office, many of the party’s leading lights, particularly from the North, including Mr Abubakar who was the party’s presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, have kept a studied silence on the most sensitive matter.
While many expected Mr Abubakar to wade into the issue, he rather expressed his sadness over the death of three abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna.
Some Nigerians said the deafening silence of Atiku is all about 2023 ambition.
Reacting, some of his followers on the micro-blogging platform slammed him for ignoring condemnations of the minister’s support for terrorism.
“The root cause of the issue you are lamenting about, has been making waves for days, where did you drop your voice then?” one of his followers, @FS Yusuf queried, demanding that he saved Nigerians “that theoretical lamentation.”
Also, another user identified as @Ose_anenih wrote “swallow your heartbreak. The deaths of these students were sealed by the germination of seeds planted by characters like Pantami You cannot publicly mourn the symptom but be silent about the disease. You cannot, Oga Better to unlook completely & tweet about Arsenal’s woes.”
