Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, said in a post on Twitter that Nigeria’s law on civil defamation was an insufficient punishment for hate speech.
He said, “For those against regulation of social media, what should happen to this purveyor of totally fake news that can set a whole tribe against another? “Can a civil suit for defamation cure this? Certainly not. There must be punishment for this type of behaviour, but not death penalty.”
fkeyamo Keyamo, have death sentence passed on armed robbers and murderers cure armed robbery and murder in Nigeria?
fkeyamo Why is he so worried
fkeyamo All these politicians are the same ones planting fake news online to promote their hate speech bill.
fkeyamo This life sha
fkeyamo This was once an activist fighting for the people Now is in bed with the dictator he once fought against All this naija activists are paid mouths looking for who to hustle in the name of fighting for Nigerians Dont believe any other person's claim... all na self interest
fkeyamo Mugu
fkeyamo This man is now talking off key
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