Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, shocked the nation, by declaring that any form of hate speech can now be attributed to terrorism.

Experts have defined hate speech as, “including the ridicule and slander of persons, incitement to hate, contempt, the threat of violence, and discrimination against people because of their race, ethnicity, identity, belief, opinion”.

The APC’s hate speeches prior to the 2015 election, include describing the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as having “supporter of APC ideology”, name calling  PDP as “PDP”, and tagging its members as “cockroaches”.

President Muhammadu Buhari said: ”God willing, by 2015, something will happen. They either conduct a free and fair election, or they go a very disgraceful way. If what happened in 2011 should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon would all be soaked in blood.”

Reported by Lika Binniyat in Vanguard Newspaper on May 15th, 2012)

Dr Junaidu Mohammed National Coordinator of the Coalition of Northern Politicians had said:

”There will be bloodshed. Those who feel short-changed may take the war path, and the country may not be the same again.”

(Reported by Kemy Oguns in Osun Defender, 2nd December 2013)

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Gov. of Lagos state said: ”It is going to be rig and roast. We are prepared not to go to court, but drive them out.”

(Tell, 7 July 2014.)

Governor Shema Ibrahim of Kastina State said: ”You should not be bothered with cockroaches of politics. Cockroaches are only found in the toilet even at homes, If you see a cockroach in your house, Crush them.

(Reported by Premium Times on 19th November 2014).

Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu said: “On Saturday, if anyone of you, I swear in the name of God, goes against my wish that Ambode will be the next Governor of Lagos State, the person is going to die inside this water.

( Premium Times)

Ima Sadiq An Islamic cleric, said: “Muslims, vote for Buhari. It is a sin to support a non-Muslim.

(Twitter handle, Saturday, 27th December 2014)

Northern Elders Forum: “Those who vote for Jonathan and the PDP in 2015, will be considered an enemy of the North”. (Vanguard, 15 October 2014.)

Alhaji Lawan Kaita. The former Governor of the old Kaduna State said: ”The North would make the country ungovernable, if President Goodluck Jonathan wins the 2015 polls… Anything short of a Northern President is tantamount to stealing our Presidency.”

(Punch, 2014)

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Hate speech is hate speech it doesn't matter how u said it so let's start from the beginning