The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has urged Nigerians to remain steadfast in their resistance to the ban on Twitter operations by the federal government.
The traditional leader charged citizens to resist the attempt to censor social media.
Adams made this charge on Saturday, at the annual June 12 commemoration organized by the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Ikeja, Lagos.
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“The ban on Twitter, as far as I am concerned, is another ploy to tamper with the citizens’ rights to freedom of speech. If the federal government succeeded in suspending Twitter, it would easily do the same for other social media platforms.
”The government said all social media platforms must be registered to continue operating. We must follow the trend and rise against skewed regulations. We must stop this excessive use of federal might to truncate the ideals of democracy.
“Nigeria cannot continue to live in self-denial. In an ideal democracy, freedom of speech is a major component. If democracy could not guarantee this, what system of government would?”,
