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VICTORY: ECOWAS Court ban Nigerian govt from prosecuting Twitter users

The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Tuesday in a landmark ruling today has stopped the Buhari administration and its agents from intimidating, sanctioning, arresting or prosecuting anyone for using Twitter in Nigeria, pending the final determination of the suit.

Technocrat Media Nigeria

ABUJA – The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Tuesday in a landmark ruling today has stopped the Buhari administration and its agents from intimidating, sanctioning, arresting or prosecuting anyone for using Twitter in Nigeria, pending the final determination of the suit.

According to SERAP, an NGO that sued the federal government saying it’s lacked the power to ban Twitter in Nigeria, said “The ECOWAS court ruling today means that NO one would be sanctioned, harassed, intimidated, arrested or prosecuted for using Twitter in Nigeria.

“The ruling also means that tech companies must immediately restore people’s access to Twitter as a matter of human right.

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