Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi
Falana (SAN), says the decision of the Federal Government to suspend Twitter
shows that the President, Muhammadu Buhari, has suspended
Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution.
Falana said this during a chat
with PUNCH shortly after the Federal Government announced that it had
suspended Twitter indefinitely.
The human rights lawyer argued
that the suspension is also at variance with the Freedom of Information Act
which seeks to expand information and access to it.
The senior advocate said he was
sure that Buhari’s regime would soon ban international news networks like CNN,
BBC and Al Jazeera.
Falana said, “This act has
confirmed the suspension of Chapter IV of the constitution. Very soon,
Nigerians will be restricted to NTA and the FRCN as the only source of
information. Media like Channels TV and others have been fined for embarrassing
the government and they may be proscribed soon.
“The decision of the NBC to
impose fines on media houses based on an illegally amended code of the
Broadcasting Code. It is a rehearsal of the imminent proscription of local
media organisations that publish anything considered defamatory or seditious by
the government.
“With what has happened to
Twitter, other media houses like CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera will also be
suspended.”
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