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Temidayo Akinsuyi, Lagos

Senator Femi Okurounmu, former Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on the 2014 National Conference on Thursday the Muhammadu Buhari administration is fast moving towards dictatorship by raising the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5m.

Speaking in an interview with Daily Independent, the Afenifere chieftain who also described Nigerians as docile people said the action would have led to massive protests in other countries of the world.

According to Okurounmu, the action of the Federal government is a calculated attempt at barring critics of the government from expressing their views.

"The current administration is a confused lot. They are moving towards absolute dictatorship”.

"Who determines what is hate speech? So, anything that is critical of their government, they term it as hate speech”.
“Even when something is true but it is pointing out their inadequacies, they call it hate speech”.

If we say they are allowing the killing of innocent Nigerians, they label it as hate speech and impose fines. These are tentative steps towards a complete dictatorial regime”.

“Unfortunately our society does not believe in protests. This is enough to get everybody out on the streets, protesting against them”.

“But because we so docile in Nigeria, everybody just complains and keep quiet. That is why they are getting away with murder”.
https://www.independent.ng/hate-speech-fine-buhari-government-getting-away-with-murder-okurounmu/

Idiot.

How much should it be?

Fast becoming ke . This man does not know how to use tenses correctly. Person wey don produce other dictators na it u dey insult say him be upcoming .

we're not in Russia. He'll be voted out someday and the law will be useless provided APC does not take over power again.

I wish it could be raised to life imprisonment.

If everybody is talking abeg not Senator Okurounmu..

One of the worst senator to ever represent Ogun central

Lol

Fast becoming?

please help me with my npower: npwr/2020/na1-037769000 as i need it badly

Commentor:
Idiot.

How much should it be?

Shame on you

MsAllison:
hmmmm
mynd44 lalasticlala seun oam4j
rule 2.
been reporting this dude since yesterday nothing was done rather his offensive comments was deleted
he now does it with impunity

Gerrout.

Jobless gob.

These clowns should be condemning hate speech and applauding the government for the deterrence, but in Nigeria, many people are lawless and hey can not see beyond their unpatriotic and anti social noses.

So you are just waking up

Seems the clown is not in Nigeria during the inglorious military regime of 1984-1985.