June 08, (THEWILL)- Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Tuesday, deactivated his account to show solidarity with the Federal Government that had suspended the social media platform last Friday.
However, it is unclear how Malami was able to log into his account since the Twitter URL has been suspended by all Internet Service Providers in the country.
Malami had on Saturday threatened to prosecute Nigerians who were still using the Virtual Private Networks to access Twitter even though no Nigerian law makes it illegal to tweet
The AGF took to his Facebook page on Tuesday, posting a photo and a caption which read, “My Twitter account deactivated.”
However, Malami’s post received over 1,100 comments about 40 minutes later with many of his Facebook followers asking him how he accessed Twitter without using VPN.
Akintunde Babatunde wrote, “How were you able to deactivate Twitter without VPN? You should be arrested.”
Shoyombo Adebisi KingDavid wrote, “Can you explain how you did that without first logging in?”
“This is evidence that you logged into Twitter today via VPN to deactivate your account which is punishable under your unlawful law. Let us see how you will prosecute others without throwing yourself in jail,” Roy Ekwueme wrote.
The Federal Government banned the use of Twitter in the country for what it described as “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining the nation’s corporate existence.”
THEWILL reports that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, also directed the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in the country.
The National Broadcasting Commission, as part of implementing the directive, has also asked all broadcast stations to suspend usage of their Twitter accounts with immediate effect.
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