Senator Shehu Sani has envisioned
what Nigeria would look like when security agencies start monitoring social
media posts.
The Nigerian army said yesterday
that it has put machineries in place to commence monitoring hate speeches against
the government and the military.
The Director of Defence
Information, Major-General John Enenche, had said that the move became
necessary in the light of troubling activities and misinformation capable of
jeopardizing the unity of the country.
He said that the social media had
always been a challenge all over the world and for the military, it was no
different.
This came barely 24 hours after
President Muhammadu Buhari met with service chiefs and ordered them to
strengthen their operations all over the country.
But reacting to the development,
Senator Sani pointed out that Nigeria will take the shape of George Orwell’s
authoritarian novel, “1984” where the activities of the citizens were keenly
monitored by Big Brother.
In a Facebook post, the Senator
noted, “When security agencies monitors postings on social media, then we are
now in a ‘Big Brother state’.”
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