A telecommunications company in Nigeria, MTN, misinterpreted Section 146 of the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 in its explanations as to why it blocked its subscribers from accessing Peoples Gazette’s website, based on written directives from President Muhammadu Buhari's government.
In a letter addressed to the Peoples Gazette by MTN's lawyers, it was stated that the directive to block access to the site was pursuant to a directive from the Nigerian Communications Commission in January 2021. “While MTNN empathizes with the owners and management of the Peoples Gazette, it would be unable to unilaterally reverse or lift the restriction except by the directives of the Commission.
The platform, launched in 2020, has been critical of the government’s actions and policies, including its coverage of the #EndSARS protest, staged in October 2020 and the aftermath of the protest. The clampdown on Peoples Gazette’s operations may not be unconnected to certain critical reports done by the platform recently exposing the corruption and power play in Aso Rock, Nigeria's seat of power.
This is also in line with the conclusion of experts at the Swedish-based Qurium Foundation, whose forensic analysis had confirmed in February that The Gazette’s website was blocked by Nigerian telecom operators.
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