The Federal Government has said that Twitter and its
founder, Jack Dorsey, are liable for the losses the country suffered during the
EndSARS protest.
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, made the
allegation on Tuesday when he featured on “Politics Nationwide,’’ a Radio
Nigeria call-in programme.
Mohammed alleged that Dorsey raised funds through Bitcoins
to sponsor the EndSARS protest while his platform, Twitter, was used to fuel
the crisis.
He said when he made the allegations earlier, Nigerians did not take him seriously until an online media outfit carried out investigation and fact-checking.
The minister said the online publication confirmed that
Dorsey retweeted some of the posts by some of the coalitions supporting the
EndSARS protest.
He said it was also confirmed that the Twitter founder
launched a fund raising,/asking people to donate via Bitcoins and also launched
Emoji to make the EndSARS protest visible on the microblogging site.
He said Dorsey also retweeted the tweets of some foreign and
local supporters of EndSARS.
“If you ask people to donate money via bitcoins for EndSARS
protesters, then you are vicariously liable for whatever is the outcome of the
protest.
“We have forgotten that EndSARS led to loss of lives,
including 37 policemen, six soldiers, 57 civilians while property worth
billions of naira were destroyed.
“164 police vehicles and 134 police stations were razed to
the ground. 265 private corporate organisation were looted while 243 public
property were looted.
“81 warehouses were looted while over 200 brand new buses
bought by the Lagos State Government were burnt to ashes,’’ he added.
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