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Why Adeboye, Kumuyi Others Will Be Prosecuted – Lai Mohammed

It would be recalled that Pastor Adeboye on Monday insisted on using his Twitter account despite the ban on the social media platform by the Nigerian government.

by The Union Nigeria
June 8, 2021
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Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information

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The Buhari led administration, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye and the General Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church, Williams Kumuyi have disagreed over the ban of Twitter in Nigeria.

While the federal government stood its ground on the ban of Twitter, the two foremost clergymen stated that using the platform conforms with Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

To this end, the Nigeria’s Minister of Information Lai Mohammed says the Attorney General Abubakar Malami would ensure that Nigerians who accessed Twitter, including Pastor Enoch Adeboye, after the federal government proclaimed a ban on it would be prosecuted.

The Minister said this in an interview with BBC Africa Focus on Monday, when asked if Mr Adeboye will be prosecuted for using Twitter, despite justifying his insistence on using the platform with Article 19 of the UDHR states that “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”

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The Information Minister emphasised in the interview that the persistent use of Twitter in Nigeria is undermining the country’s corporate existence.

“The government has suspended indefinitely, the operations of Twitter in Nigeria because of the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence and the government.

“Also directed the National Broadcasting Commission to immediately commence the process of licencing all social media operations in Nigeria,” he said.

According to him, Mr Malami is in charge and has the final say on who or not to prosecute.

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Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information

“The attorney-general has made it clear that if anyone violates the regulation, that such person will be prosecuted. I think it is the right of the attorney-general to decide who to prosecute,” he said.

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It would be recalled that Pastor Adeboye on Monday insisted on using his Twitter account despite the ban on the social media platform by the Nigerian government.

“The Redeemed Christian Church of God is domiciled in more than 170 Nations & Territories,” Mr Adeboye tweeted on Monday. “The tweets here are in accordance to Article 19 of the UN universal declaration of Human Rights.” Adeboye said.

Similarly, the general overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church, Williams Kumuyi, said the mission’s tweets were targeted at its global audience spread across five continents and over 100 nations.

“In view of the Twitter ban in Nigeria, please note that the content shared on this handle is targeted at a global audience in more than five continents and over 100 Nations and we share the content from any of these locations,” Kumuyi said.

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