Twitter ban: FG, Lai Mohammed sued over directive to broadcasters

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SERAP is also seeking “an order setting aside the directive by NBC and Mr Lai Muhammed asking broadcast stations to stop using Twitter,

as it is unconstitutional, unlawful, inconsistent and incompatible with the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 [as amended], and the country’s obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.”

According to the organisation, “The court has an important role to play in the protection and preservation of the rule of law to ensure that persons and institutions operate within the defined ambit of constitutional and statutory limitations.” The organisation said, “By using the National Broadcasting Act and the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to stop broadcast stations from using Twitter without recourse to the court, the NBC and Mr Lai Muhammed have contravened the right to access to justice and fair hearing guaranteed under sections 6[1] & [6][b] and 36[1] of the Nigerian Constitution 1999, and articles 1 and 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

 

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DoDeRightThing Even judges are afraid to give injunction against this tyrannic FG. During GEJ times, injunctions were flying left and right. They are afraid of their lives. In anarchy anybody can be killed and nothing will happen.

The true miscreants

Thank God Punch are still tweeting! Thought they obeyed the ban too.

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You're suing them in a Nigerian court, or outside Nigeria? Who owns the court? Abeg, mae una look for something else to do or talk about.

Lawyers cashing out now! Shoulda studied law. Living in a country riddled with abject poverty, insecurity, Terrible Education system, no free health care and all we are left with is lawsuits? This is not America! We live in Nigeria! Stop wasting our time! Angrynigerianyouth

Watch and thank me later... He doesn't denied his instinct tho

Ok good move by SERAP but are the law courts ready to give a fair hearing and fair judgement on this request? What is the guarantee that Buhari's stoogies in the apex court will allow for a fair hearing?He has his tribes men everywhere and those Dundees will keep indulging him

I swear all these newspapers and banks are pussies, they attend better to customers in twitter DMs, all of which is gone.

See him here

Unfortunately, we don't have a judiciary in Nigeria. We only have a cow-controlled bench of the nomads.

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Lai Muhammed sued, so what's bubu picture doing here?

Just imagine people that were elected into power o now acting as though they discovered Nigeria themselves....people who were once nobody o. Who was buhari and lai mohammed before 2015?

This news is unclear

Sued to what court ? Ain’t these the same dudes that stormed d homes of high ranking judges at 5am to arrest em without any warrant ? The same government that has unlawfully imprisoned Zakzerky since 2015? Lol . Court exists only in democracy , and this ain’t one!

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I support the suit. They can not squeeze us. After all, we made them. Buhari should settle his problems with twitter, and leave us out of it.

If I may ask, how many of these cases hav SERAP won in court... That organization are fraudulent, SERAP hav sue this govt for countless time without any reasonable court victory SERAP is just playing to the gallery for the media like and comments

Joe of America is making a law to stop chine apps

Many times you (SERAP) have sued but none followed up to a conclusive execution.

They will meet Tanko Muhmed in court, you just can't fight this paddy paddy government, they have their kinsmen fixed in every Parastatals

This matter no go reach anywhere jo.

Power show!, Maybe he is thinking he's still in his khaki uniform.

Yes ooo, the destructor has been destroyed!

Suing them in an environment where they dictate what happens is an utter waste of time and effort

Who sued them

This will be thrown out if at least one media house is not a party to this suit.

In which court..the one they control?

Scammers

Una nor get sense and nor go ever get

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