Senators, APC reps keep mum on #TwitterBan | Premium Times Nigeria

PREMIUM TIMES got the same ‘silent’ reaction from APC members of the House including lawmakers who have been vocal on the floor, during plenary sessions.These lawmakers have not only been outspoken; they have been very active on twitter as well.

Lanre Lasisi, the spokesperson for the Speaker of the House, had said a statement will be released in that regard but none was sent at the time of this report. The Senate President’s media office declined comment.the #TwitterBan as a violation of freedom of speech of Nigerians. They asked Mr Buhari to immediately reverse the suspension, so as not to exacerbate the already tense situation in the country.Nigerians are still condemning the “indefinite suspension” of Twitter operations in Nigeria, as announced by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, on Friday.a controversial tweet by the president. Twitter had said the tweet violated its rules and many Nigerians viewed it as a threat of violence against the Igbo ethnic group.

Many have described the #TwitterBan as an attempt to gag the media, an attack on press freedom, freedom of expression and attempt to pass the controversial Social Media Bill.However, since the ban on Twitter, many Nigerians have been using various Virtual Private Network applications to remain active on the microblogging site.the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation , Umar Muhammed, to begin the prosecution of those bypassing the ban.

He directed the DPPF to liaise with the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, Nigerian Communications Commission (

APC: Archaic People's Congress.

Where exactly are all this Nigeria newspapers twitting from following the Twitter ban from the county, or are they not Nigerian too. E chock me oo

APC is a cult.

Because we dey give them headache since.....jack just gave them an excuse to strik.

Zombies in green and red chamber

Rubber stamped Senators. Like Esau dey sold their rights for a morsel

Zombies Senators

No balls or boobs

Make malami no see this una tweet oh

My dear if na you shame no go catch you? That is if you still get small shame cos those that has no shame still came out to defend their foolishness.

I wonder where the dad is? 😩

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