Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has said that the Chief Executive officer (CEO) of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, lied over an allegation that he ordered armed men to throw out staff of NIDCOM from an office complex given to it by the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC).
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, had alleged that her staff were denied access to the complex on the orders of Pantami.
She said staff were not even allowed to take their property after armed men sealed the office.
The communications commission, which is under Pantami’s ministry, had denied that NIDCOM was sent packing.
The NCC also said Dabiri-Erewa did not take ownership of the offices after she was offered a floor in the complex and that NIDCOM’s properties are safely warehoused.
In a tweet on Sunday, the minister described NIDCOM CEO’s allegation as “a big fat lie”.
“THIS IS A FAT LIE FROM HER: The owner of the building @NgComCommission has faulted her lies on their social media platforms. The minister has never given that directives to any gunman. We need to be very objective in reporting. I have never sent any gunmen there, and I have no one,” the minister tweeted.