Human Rights Lawyer, Adeola Oyinlade, has condemned the move by the federal government to prosecute Nigerians still using Twitter via VPN despite the suspension of the social media platform.
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami had directed the Director of Public Prosecution to go after those violating the order.
Several Nigerians, public office holders, government agencies, embassies, diplomats, the media have defied the order. Many accuse the Muhammadu Buhari administration of autocracy.
Oyinlade declared the directive, “illegal and unconstitutional,” insisting that the Twitter ban cannot override the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Kayode Ajulo, a Legal Practitioner, has said that the planned prosecution of users of the suspended twitter microblogging platform by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, is unknown to the county’s laws. Ajulo, also a Constitutional Lawyer, stated this on Sunday, while speaking with the NAN. He […]
A human rights lawyer, Adeola Oyinlade, on Sunday, declared as illegal and unconstitutional, the directive of the Attorney-General of the Federation and