Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has maintained that he will continue to use Twitter, the social media platform suspended in Nigeria since June 4.
His reactions follows that of several other prominent Nigerian, especially following the comment by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) threatening the prosecution of persons resident in the country who continue to use the platform.
The former Governor said he will continue to tweet, calling on other Nigerians to do the same, adding that the government has no right to stop Nigerians from communicating through the medium.
Fayose, former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili; and ex-Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, had on Sunday dared the government to arrest them as they continued to share information on Twitter.
Aisha Yesufu, a popular activist, had also stated that the Federal Government has no right to arrest her for using Twitter.
And on Monday, Fayose said he will keep tweeting and believes that many other Nigerians are doing the same.
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“Good morning Nigerians. Like Buhari, no President elected by Nigerians can be a law unto himself.
“It is our right to use twitter and other social media platforms and we’ll keep tweeting. I’m tweeting and so are many other Nigerians,” he said.
The Federal Government of Nigeria had on Friday, announced the suspension of micro-blogging and social networking service, Twitter, in the country.
Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed made the announcement during a press conference.
He cited the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.
