PDP Fires Buhari on Twitter Suspension : “You Are Draconian, Pushing Nigerians to the Wall”
THECONSCIENCEng reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to Twitter suspension in Nigeria.
The leading opposition party vehemently rejected the unwarranted suspension of the social media platform, Twitter, by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, describing it as a draconian action and a slide towards a fascist regime in our country.
It also directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in the country.
However, in a statement swiftly released and received by THECONSCIENCEng on Friday signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, the PDP countered and cautioned Buhari on the move.
The PDP asserted that twitter suspension in Nigeria is “A vexatious, condemnable and barbaric move to muzzle Nigerians, particularly the youths, ostensibly to prevent them from holding the overtly corrupt, vindictive and divisive Buhari administration accountable for its atrocities, including human right violations, patronizing of terrorists and outright suppressive acts against innocent Nigerians.”
The statement added: “Our party is appalled that the Federal Government could exhibit such primitive intolerance and power intoxication because the social media giant demonstrated international best practices in not allowing the Buhari presidency to use Twitter as a platform to propagate and spread the Buhari administration’s hatred towards Nigerians.”
“Rather than being a platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence, as claimed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Nigerians, particularly the youths, have been using the social media platform, largely, for activities that promote unity, as well as social, economic and commercial interaction in our country.”
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“Our party notes that Mr. Lai Mohammed, in his statement, failed to cite an example of where Nigerians used Twitter as a platform to promote acts that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence as he claimed. ”
“Of course, the failure to give any such instance, confirms that the Federal Government is only out to victimize Nigerians.”
Going further on Twitter suspension in Nigeria, the PDP revealed that, “The Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration are only afraid of Nigerians on Twitter because of their evil machinations for which they dread the Nigerian youths.
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“Moreover, freedom of speech is firmly guaranteed in our constitution and the Buhari administration should be ready to face Nigerians over its misrule.
“In the case of any infringement, our nation has adequate extant laws to deal with such and not this move to gag the people.”
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The PDP therefore charged President Buhari to end the assault against Nigerians by immediately and unconditionally rescinding its decision to ban Twitter, as such amounts to pushing our citizens to the wall, adding that afterall, it was the same Twitter that provided President Buhari and the APC the platform to campaign in 2015 and 2019.
The PDP reminded President Buhari that It is also on record that he would not be the first President in the world whose tweet would be deleted and when it happened to former US President Donald Trump, he was not known to have deployed any act coercion against Twitter.
