When Charged In Court, Nigerians Who Continue To Use Twitter Will Be Aware Of The Law They Are Breaking — Malami

Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, ordered the prosecution of Nigerians who disobeyed the government’s Twitter ban on Saturday, though he did not specify which law was being broken.

When asked which law the AGF planned to use to prosecute accused offenders, Umar Gwandu, the AGF’s spokesperson, told News men that “the accused violators would find out in court.”

We will welcome journalists to the courtroom when the case is being prosecuted, and they will be aware of the laws being applied. The point is that Twitter is no longer accessible. Anyone who tries to utilize Twitte should be warned.

Mr Gwandu told our reporter after issuing the statement announcing Mr Malami’s prosecution order on Saturday, “They will get to know which law they are violating during the time we are gathering them and assembling them in court, they will get to know which law they are violating during the time we are gathering them and assembling them in court, they will get to know which law they are violating during the time we are gathering them and assembling them in court, they will get to know which law they are violated

Mr Gwandu was questioned further on the need to inform Nigerians which specific law they are breaking by continuing to use Twitter, and he said it was “federal government laws.”

“Inform Nigerians that Twitter has been prohibited by the government, and that anyone who uses it would be prosecuted. The key is that they disobeyed the prohibition. They are breaking the laws of the federal government,” he stated.

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On Friday, the government declared a “indefinite suspension” of Twitter operations in Nigeria, via the communications minister, Lai Mohammed.

This happened two days after Twitter removed a contentious remark by President Muhammadu Buhari, which many Nigerians interpreted as a veiled threat of violence against the Igbo ethnic group and which Twitter said violated its rules.

Many people both inside and outside Nigeria have spoken out against the ban.