By The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Saturday, verbally crashed into each other on the ever-busy streets of Twitter over forced eviction of NIDCOM staff from their office in Abuja.
The face-off between the duo started after the former House of Reps members, in a posted video, on the NIDCOM Twitter page, accused Pantami of ordering ‘armed men’ to forcefully evacuate her workers.
While, Dabiri-Erewa, accused Pantami of being disrespectful to women, via a series of tweets.
“In one year, we don’t even have an office. The office was given us by the NCC, we were actually driven away by the Honorable Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Mr Isa Pantami. Within two days he drove us out with guns and what happened? The place was given to us by the NCC.
“You know we all help each other, NCC as an agency of government, said there is a pace you can use to settle in Abuja. And just as we settled in, I was in Ethiopia when I got a call. I thought this was a joke; but here is the thing, I’m a government employee, so is he. It’s government business. Do I go on the street and start fighting? No, so, I said I would take the moral higher ground.
In response the Minister, in a tweet, called Dabiri-Erewa a liar.
“This is a fat lie. The owner of the building @NgComCommission has faulted her lies on their social media platforms.
“The minster has never given that directive to any gunman, we need to be very objective in reporting.” he wrote.
