Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka says he is not surprised President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Twitter operations in Nigeria, Igbere TV reports.

Minister of information and culture Lai Mohammed had in a statement on Friday cited the “persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence” as reason behind the suspension.

The move is considered as reprisal following the removal of Buhari’s tweet in reference to the Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 on Tuesday. Twitter said the tweet violated its policies.

Lending his voice to the outrage that has greeted the suspension, Soyinka said in a statement on Friday night,

“Kindly add my total lack of surprise at this petulant gesture, unbecoming of a democratically elected president. If Buhari has a problem with Twitter, he is advised to sort it out between them personally, the way Donald Trump did, not rope in the right to free expression of the Nigerian citizen as collateral damage.”

The renowned playwright and poet added that he expects Nigerians to find a way around it.

“In any case, this is a technical problem Nigerians should be able to work their way around. The field of free expression remains wide open, free of any dictatorial spasms,” he concluded.

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Lalasticlala

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We know!

I'm not surprised too. i even suggested it before

Baba Soyinka still dey blow vocabularies.

You speak simple English, Bubu never hear and understand am, you con dey blow grammar.

I’m a Nigerian but I don’t understand Nigerians I’m 100% sure that if the constitution permits even with the way things are currently Buhari will contest for 3rd term and still wins massively

Our rants remain and die online. When election comes we’ll still vote base on tribe, religion and political party

You're not surprised and you supported him in 2015 and 2019 elections

Dumb leaders

Buhari just made more enemies.
As Facebook don delete em comment too,we are waiting for him to ban Facebook too...
Please APC miscreants,this is the time for you to advise him to ban Facebook too

No one is surprised Egbon. Meanwhile we can expect even worse moves from the cow the Yorubas elected for us

With all due respect sir

You're among those that supported this dunce we've as president

Gidifok sir

Too bad but old man you supported him 2015

who has Nairabit one bad old naija vpn i need that sh*t now

Eggactly. Thank you Prof.

Even now, Twitter ban in Nigeria has made it possible for me to be in Nigeria and be tweeting from Canada with VPN changing my location and tackling this focusless government.

Kindly visit your playstore and download winscribe VPN, on it and change your location to any country, that's all, we move