ON MINISTER PANTAMI EXTREMISM 

A few years ago, Mr. Segun Adeniyi, if I remember his name correctly, wrote that during the Yar'Adua Presidency, a gentleman was slated for a job in the federal government for a diplomatic mission or so, and during the vetting process, they discovered that he wrote an essay, focusing on the North/South political divide. As a result, he was disqualified. Yes, disqualified for having the audacity to address the North/South divide issues in his published work. Where are we today? A minister who openly and consistently propagated terrorism and death to kafir (infidel) doctrine, being encouraged to stay on the job by an inherently bigoted administration because he is a Muslim and Hausa/Fulani. So, there has never been a level playing field in terms of opportunities for the two regions. But this Pantami Case is beyond the pale.