Twitter operation in nigeria is illegal, it gave IPOB the platform to promote violence

Twitter operation in nigeria is illegal, it gave IPOB the platform to promote violence - Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has alleged that the operation of social media giant Twitter in the country is illegal.

In his presentation before members of the House Representatives Joint Committee on the suspension of Twitter at the National Assembly in Abuja on Tuesday June 22, Mohammed said Twitter was used to disseminate information that “that endangers the life and security” of Nigerians and cause disunity in the country.

He also maintained that the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 does not permit foreign companies to do business in Nigeria if not registered.

The Minister said;

“As it regards that operation of a foreign companies in Nigeria, the law provides that a foreign company which fails to take necessary steps to obtain incorporation as a separate entity in Nigeria for that purpose, but until so incorporated, the foreign company shall not carry on business in Nigeria or exercise any powers of a registered company.

“Hence, flowing from this background a foreign company as Twitter cannot be clothed with the legitimate rights to operate as a company registered in Nigeria, as they are not licensed accordingly.

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is also observed that the operations of Twitter in the Nigerian social space is not legally permissible when it is used in airing of information that endangers the life and security of the majority of citizens of Nigeria.

“The principles of law are clear on the exercise of personal human rights in the face of national security threats which affects the larger citizen."

Mohammed who stressed that Twitter’s suspension is backed by international laws including articles 24, 25 and 26 of the African Union on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection (CCPR), also alleged that the social media giant provided a platform for secessionist group Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to promote violence in the country.

He said;

“Following the above, the federal government of Nigeria is further empowered to take all reasonable steps to defend its cyberspace where it perceives or finds that a cyber-crime, is threatened to be committed.

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