The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) accuses the National Caucus of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) of being behind the suspension of
Twitter in Nigeria by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
The PDP says revelations available to it show how APC leaders at one of
their party’s national caucus meeting recommended the regulation of
social media in Nigeria and how they have been plotting to obliterate
internet-based interaction platforms such as Twitter.
The PDP recalls how the APC Caucus has been pushing bills in the
National Assembly, particularly in November 2020, seeking to enforce a
draconian regulation of social media so as to gag Nigerians from
exposing its atrocities, including human right abuses, treasury looting,
nepotism and sectional marginalization by the APC administration.
Nigerians can also recall how the APC administration in carrying out the
agenda of its party have been using the Minister of Information and
Culture, Lai Mohammed, to suffocate the media space with humongous fines
and threats of suspension of operating license on broadcast stations.
The PDP wants the APC to know that their plot against Nigerians have
been exposed and cannot stand.
Our nation is known for her resilient citizenry and no leader or
political party has been able to suppress the wishes of Nigerians.
The APC, in spite of its machinations, cannot vanquish Nigerians in
their determination for a free and democratic nation where sovereignty
belongs to the people.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary
