Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Sunday tweeted despite an order by the attorney-general of the federation Abubakar Malami for Nigerians still using Twitter despite its suspension to be Prosecuted.
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According to a statement, Malami had ordered the director of public prosecution of the federation to “swing into action and commence in earnest the process of prosecution of violators of the Federal Government de-activation of operations of Twitter in Nigeria.”
El-Rufai’s tweet at 09:37pm meant he could have bypassed the suspension, like many others, through the use of virtual private networks.
“BASED NIGERIA: AFRICAN COUNTRY TEACHES US LESSON IN HOW TO HANDLE BIG TECH TYRANNY,” he said in his tweet.
El-Rufai’s tweet however attracted alot of criticism from Nigerians including ex-presidential aide Reno Omokri who called on Malami to prosecute the governor for flouting the suspension.
“DEAR @MALAMISAN, @ELRUFAI TWEETED THIS 20 MINUTES AGO IN VIOLATION OF YOUR #TWITTERBAN. IF YOU DO NOT START YOUR ARREST AND PROSECUTION WITH HIM, THEN YOU MUST ADMIT THAT YOU ARE A FAILURE AND A MAN WHO DOES NOT KEEP TO HIS WORD,” MR OMOKRI WROTE.
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