In a signed statement on Sunday, Senator Abdullahi said the opponents were only pretending to protect ‘Freedom of Speech’ by misinforming Nigerians on the intent of the legislation before the National Assembly.
According to him, such persons and groups were opposed to the passage of a Hate Speech law by the National Assembly as same would put an end to their trade that depends on using ethnic and religious bias for the realization of self-serving interests. “In some cases, false news about attacks have incited the people to undertake revenge attacks in various parts of the country,” the lawmaker quoted the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom report as saying.
“These were the resurgence of the Biafra Agitation in the South East, the clash between the Army and members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly referred to as the Shiites Movement in the North West, and the transformation of the localized farmers-herders conflict and cattle rustling to the large scale rural banditry that had taken an ethno-religious character across much of the North West and North Central zones of the country.
SENATOR HATE SPEECH, CALABAR/ITU ROAD NEEDS RECONSTRUCTION!! IT IS NOT MOTORABLE!!!
This man is very stupid
Why ar u insisting on this bill find solutions to our numerous problems
This are the ones collecting hardship allowance
That is why u no sabi anything, even the heartcry of the masses, u no sabi even tho ur name Na Sabi... ☺ 😎
I think it time to occupy NASS.
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