Former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has denied claims that he killed or issued a directive that led to the death of someone through a fatwa.

Report has it that one Samuel Achi, a former lecturer at the Kaduna State University, Kaduna, recently explained how his son was killed at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University mosque in Bauchi State when Pantami was the Chief Imam of the university’s mosque.

Samuel said his 24-year-old son and 400-level student of Architecture at the ATBU at the time was murdered by Muslim students over allegation that he circulated a tract that contained blasphemous content.

The father said the late Sunday was the leader of the students’ fellowship of the Evangelical Church Winning All Ministry. He said his corpse was dumped in front of the mosque, adding that he was only able to retrieve it after interventions from the governors of Kaduna and Bauchi states.

According to Samuel, who spoke to Punch Newspapers, his son wouldn't have been murdered by the Muslim mob had it been that Pantami was a man of peace.

This allegation was echoed by an X user @escobo123456, who mentioned Pantami, saying, "You that killed a student in ATBU, you’re now forming holier than thou. Ori e ti daru Pantami."

Reacting, Pantami said, "Thank you for saying your mind. You are making an allegation that is 100% untrue. I have never killed or directed anyone to kill anyone in my life. Either directly or indirectly. If you have any evidence of that, kindly help the relatives of the deceased and take the matter to court. Alternatively, if you are strong enough, provide your full details so that I can take you to court for the false allegation.

"Grok and other AI that you depend on get input from the available information online. It could be wrong many times. If you are sure of your allegations, take the matter to court. Otherwise, let us have your verifiable details, do that we can meet in court. FYI, I have never presented any fatwa in that regards to kill anyone. If you have no need for online comments. Take it to court. Do not depend on an immature Hausa translator. Once again, let me have our verifiable details (not on verifiablename on X) to take you to court for the allegations."

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