Olumide Apata, the president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA):

The @NigBarAssoc has noted with great concern the extraordinary decision of the Federal Govt to suspend the operations of
@Twitter in Nigeria and, by necessary implication, the right of Nigerians to freely express their constitutionally guaranteed opinions through that medium.

The FGN also directed the @NgComCommission to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria, which is, at best, yet another disguised attempt to regulate social media, restrict freedom of speech and shrink civic space.

Whether one likes it or not, we are operating a constitutional democracy, the primary consequence of which is that everything must be done according to law; government must be conducted within the framework of recognised rules and principles which restrict discretionary power.

The @NigBarAssoc finds no constitutional or legal authority to support the peremptory action of the Federal Government to suspend the operations of Twitter in Nigeria. Beyond the dent on our constitutional democracy, at a time when the Nigerian economy is unarguably struggling...

... the impact of arbitrary decisions such as this on investor confidence is better imagined. Consequently, if this decision is not immediately reversed, the @NigBarAssoc will have no choice but to challenge same in the interest of the public and for the sake of our democracy.

https://twitter.com/OlumideAkpata/status/1400894789890019330

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The Buhari-led regime is a demonic one and that isn't just the problem. The fact that a garrulous, shameless mockingbird disguising as a human called Lai Mohammed could move to suspend Twitter activities in Nigeria after a darned President threatened genocidal repeat on a people via Twitter and got deleted says a lot.

I was said it that the day social media is toyed with is the day a bigger protest than the #EndSARS would happen. Some people's livelihoods are tied to Twitter but a serially failed regime is only interested in saving face because it thinks it has been embarrassed.

The NBA should sue the federal government on the issue of the suspension of Twitter

Our government is confused

People were thinking that we have a president now them don wake up. FG don wake the sleeping gaint

Nigeria is sitting on a time bomb. Buhari has no idea he has the trigger in his underpants!!

Where are we headed to!?

We are moving at top speed! BACKWARDS!

Useless NBA...