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SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by Islie: 12:00pm On Oct 17, 2021
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, urging the court to “declare illegal and unconstitutional the plan by the present administration to track, intercept and monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of Nigerians and other people.”

According to SERAP, it severely threatens and violates the right to the preservation of privacy.

The suit followed the proposal in the Supplementary Appropriation Act signed in July 2021 to spend N4.87 billions to monitor private calls and messages.

The amount was part of the N895.8billion supplementary budget approved by the National Assembly.

In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1240/2021 filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja last Friday, SERAP is seeking: “an order of perpetual injunction restraining President Buhari and any other authority, persons or group of persons from unlawfully monitoring the WhatsApp messages, phone calls and text messages of Nigerians and other people.”

The suit was filed by SERAP’s lawyers, Kehinde Oyewumi and Kolawole Oluwadare.

The suit partly read, “The Buhari administration has legal obligations to protect Nigerians and other people against arbitrary interference and violations of their human rights. Monitoring of WhatsApp messages, phone calls and text messages would grant free rein to government agencies to conduct mass surveillance of communications of people.”

Joined in the suit as Respondents are Abubakar Malami, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation and Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning.

However, the date for the hearing of the suit has not been fixed yet.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/10/17/serap-sues-buhari-others-over-plan-to-monitor-whatsapp-messages-phone-calls/

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by XXXXTENTACION: 12:41pm On Oct 17, 2021
benuejosh:
SERAP is as useless as Biafra currency. They just sleep, wake and start acting like toddlers.
Herdsmen dey kill Benue people ... Dis one still dey support Buhari .... undecided
I Very sure he does'nt go to the market... lipsrsealed

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by Nobody: 1:37pm On Oct 17, 2021
Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by Lovelive: 1:45pm On Oct 17, 2021
benuejosh:
SERAP is as useless as Biafra currency. They just sleep, wake and start acting like toddlers.

And you are valueless as Naira presently under APC/Buhari led administration

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by vedaxcool(m): 2:07pm On Oct 17, 2021
SERAP has Falana share of sunrise immoral payment settlement finish so soon? What a useless organization.

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by Penguin2: 2:11pm On Oct 17, 2021
SERAP no dey tire?

And do they even win any of these cases?

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by tollyboy5(m): 2:14pm On Oct 17, 2021
vedaxcool:
SERAP has Falana share of sunrise immoral payment settlement finish so soon? What a useless organization.
Both serap and govt are funny.
Even WhatsApp don't have access to people's message.
Its end-to-end encryption

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by WATCHOVER(m): 2:16pm On Oct 17, 2021
benuejosh:
SERAP is as useless as Biafra currency. They just sleep, wake and start acting like toddlers.
What are saying? Federal government should be guided on rights of her Citizens. We are not a communist state

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by sapientia(m): 3:23pm On Oct 17, 2021
They will just steal the money

It's very very small to do anything

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by PetVitals: 4:57pm On Oct 17, 2021
Good call
Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by BigSarah(f): 4:57pm On Oct 17, 2021
WASTED efforts.. buhari and osinbanjo will have Thier way.
sad This SERAP has been suing Buhari and Osinbanjo for over 6yrs now still nothing to show....

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by money121(m): 4:57pm On Oct 17, 2021
Ok
Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by Chuopee(f): 4:58pm On Oct 17, 2021
Interesting
Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by tutudesz: 4:59pm On Oct 17, 2021
undecided
Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by eagleonearth(m): 4:59pm On Oct 17, 2021
Noone can monitor WhatsApp messages because of the encryption of all messages end to end

Happy Sunday all

Have yourself a week overflowing with heavenly blessing

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by emmy512: 4:59pm On Oct 17, 2021
Monitor WhatsApp?
Not possible abeg.

Call monitoring is already going on

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by BigDolph(m): 5:00pm On Oct 17, 2021
Make them no pass their boundaries atall. Why will they monitor our WhatsApp chat for what? Has it gotten to that extent? Or am i sleeping??

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by MANNABBQGRILLS: 5:00pm On Oct 17, 2021
Something that is not even possible due to the end-to-end encryption of whatsapp

Well,
We gonna continue to say this again and again,

"Rumors are spread by fools and believe by idiots"


We Rise.

tollyboy5:

Both serap and govt are funny.
Even WhatsApp don't have access to people's message.
Its end-to-end encryption

tutudesz:

Like very funny, America Government don try am Dem no fit. That most Government just banned WhatsApp
This was our first line of thought!
It's just so funny to see that the so called educated folks and graduates have been blinded by fake news and they can't use their brains normally again, to know which news is true and which is fake!!

This generation has lost it,
We only pray the next generation gets it right.

It is always good and refreshing to see we still have reasonable and sensible members like you on this forum.

We Rise again!

Modify : Someone removed your comment (that broke no rules) but decided to ignore the messages of those insulting, cursing you even after many members reported such!
You see what we are saying.
SimplyLeo and Omenka can testify.
Seun Osewa and Mynd44, and we still have rules guiding this noble forum.
Sigh!

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by hectorswag(m): 5:00pm On Oct 17, 2021
Not gonna work. Dead on arrival! undecided
Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by tutudesz: 5:00pm On Oct 17, 2021
tollyboy5:

Both serap and govt are funny.
Even WhatsApp don't have access to people's message.
Its end-to-end encryption
Like very funny, America Government don try am Dem no fit. That most Government just banned WhatsApp

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by Mko123(m): 5:00pm On Oct 17, 2021
I know Sheik Gumi will have hand in thIs

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by chigzypeace(f): 5:00pm On Oct 17, 2021
Oshey
Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by DMerciful(m): 5:01pm On Oct 17, 2021
Technically we have just one year for the calamity Bubu to be over. Hang on Nigerians but never again should you bring calamity to yourself by way of election. Learn from your experience!

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by captainamiedi1: 5:01pm On Oct 17, 2021
SERAP is always sueing Buhari without any result. Make them rest. I dey suspect them say na cash out format.

Funny enough FG can not have access to whatsapp not even whatsapp because messages are encrypted

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by treatise: 5:01pm On Oct 17, 2021
XXXXTENTACION:
Herdsmen dey kill Benue people ... Dis one still dey support Buhari .... undecided
I Very sure he does'nt go to the market... lipsrsealed
The benuejosh moniker is not from Benue. He's part of the caliphate.

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by Lovenorth: 5:01pm On Oct 17, 2021
This SERAP is a useless and jobless organization

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Re: SERAP Sues Buhari, Others Over Plan To Monitor Whatsapp Messages, Phone Calls by Numerouno94(m): 5:02pm On Oct 17, 2021
These useless guys call bmc re bcomin very very stupid. Seun needs to do sometin abt the way these animals constitute imbecilic nuisance on this platform.

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