The Joint Minority Caucus of the Senate and the House of Representatives Wednesday dismissed threat by the Federal government to arrest and prosecute Nigerians using twitter, calling on Nigerians to go ahead and continue to use their twitter as they would not be contravening any law in Nigeria or any international statute.
The caucus cited the provisions of articles 19 and 20 of the United Nations Charter on Fundamental Human Rights, which Nigeria is a signatory to, as well as provisions of Sections 39 and 36 of the 1999 Constitution , noting that by these provisions no one will be violating any law for using twitter in Nigeria.
The Caucus while berating the federal government for abandoning its duty of addressing the serious economic and security problems confronting the nation, opined that the ban on Twitter appears to be in favour of criminal and terrorist elements, whose activities fester in an environment of suppressed information flow.
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