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Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami

Govt to prosecute Twitter users

Nigeria Chief Law Officer, Abubakar Malami has ordered the immediate prosecution of Nigerians accessing microblogging platform, Twitter, through a virtual private network (VPN).

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This is following Friday indefinite suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria and directives to telcos’ to cut access to the network.

As a result, there have been that Nigerians have taken to passing the restriction posed by the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) with a VPN

An order instructing the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation was contained in a statement by Malami’s spokesman, Umar Gwandu.

The Directive:

“Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has directed the immediate prosecution of offenders of the Federal Government ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria.

“Malami directed the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation at the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, to swing into action and commence in earnest the process of prosecution of violators of the Federal Government De-activation of operations of Twitter in Nigeria.

“Malami directed the DPPF to liaise with the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, National Communication Communication and other relevant government agencies to ensure the speedy prosecution of offenders without any further delay.”

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