Minister of Justice and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has denied claims that his office was to prosecute violators of twitter ban in the country.
Mr. Malami had purportedly directed the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), to begin the process of prosecuting those still tweeting.
However, the Minister in a dramatic U-turn has denied the claim saying that Nigerians have a right to tweet from anywhere in the world.
He said: “It is within their guaranteed fundamental right to tweet from anywhere in the world. Nigeria, being a democratic nation, cannot stop its citizens from exercising their rights of freedom of expression.
“But our position on Twitter is clear: Anyone, whether individual or corporate institution that enables Twitter to circumvent the ban the Federal Government of Nigeria placed on the company, will be prosecuted.” Malami told Vanguard.
Some Nigerians Twitter users have employed the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to continue tweeting, after telecom companies in the country blocked the site.
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