Nigeria Orders Arrest Of Any Citizen Who Uses Twitter

CNN reports:

The Nigerian government has ordered federal prosecutors to arrest and prosecute users of the Twitter app, after a ban on the social media company took effect on Friday.

Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, issued the directive Saturday in a statement signed on his behalf by his spokesman, Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu.

Nigeria’s Ministry of Information and Culture announced the “indefinite suspension” of Twitter’s operations in Nigeria in a statement on Friday, just about two days after the company deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that was widely perceived as offensive.

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The Nigerian government has ordered federal prosecutors to arrest and prosecute users of the Twitter app, after a ban on the social media company took effect on Friday. https://t.co/HZfzXjZHmW

— CNN (@CNN) June 5, 2021

Amnesty International condemns the Nigerian government’s suspension of Twitter @Twitter in #Nigeria?? — a social media widely used by Nigerians to exercise their human rights, including their rights to freedom of expression and access to information. #TwitterBan

— Amnesty International Nigeria (@AmnestyNigeria) June 4, 2021

Using @twitter to announced the suspension of its operation in Nigeria on its platform. Are you alright???

— Ayo Kingdove???? (@MeduolaS) June 4, 2021