AGF, Malami, Violates #Twitter Ban To Deactivate His Account

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Abubakar Malami, SAN, has deactivated his Twitter.

The Attorney-General disclosed this on his Facebook page when he
said “My Twitter Account Deactivated”.

He also shared a screenshot of the deactivation notice.

Recall that the Federal Government suspended, indefinitely, the
operations of Twitter, the microblogging and social networking
service, in Nigeria.

This is disclosed by the Minister of Information and Culture,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, via a statement issued by the Ministry’s
spokesperson, Segun Adeyemi.

The Minister cited the persistent use of the platform for
activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate
existence.

“The Federal Government has also directed the NBC to immediately
begin the process of licensing all Over-The-Top (OTT) and social
media operations in Nigeria,” the statement read.

Also, “Attorney general of the federation and minister of
justice, Abubakar Malami, has directed for immediate prosecution of
offenders of the federal government ban on Twitter operations in
Nigeria,” a spokesperson, Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, said.

However, what is not clear is how Malami was able to deactivate
his Twitter account since the Twitter URL has been suspended by all
Internet Service Providers in the country. Ordinarily, one can
deactivate a Twitter account only when he logs in and Nigerians
have been able to access Twitter through the use of a virtual
private network (VPN).

Perhaps the AGF used the same method and if that’s the case,
then he has acted contrary to his directive for prosecution of
Twitter users.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Abubakar Malami, SAN, has deactivated his Twitter.

The Attorney-General disclosed this on his Facebook page when he
said “My Twitter Account Deactivated”.

He also shared a screenshot of the deactivation notice.

Recall that the Federal Government suspended, indefinitely, the
operations of Twitter, the microblogging and social networking
service, in Nigeria.

This is disclosed by the Minister of Information and Culture,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, via a statement issued by the Ministry’s
spokesperson, Segun Adeyemi.

The Minister cited the persistent use of the platform for
activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate
existence.

“The Federal Government has also directed the NBC to immediately
begin the process of licensing all Over-The-Top (OTT) and social
media operations in Nigeria,” the statement read.

Also, “Attorney general of the federation and minister of
justice, Abubakar Malami, has directed for immediate prosecution of
offenders of the federal government ban on Twitter operations in
Nigeria,” a spokesperson, Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, said.

However, what is not clear is how Malami was able to deactivate
his Twitter account since the Twitter URL has been suspended by all
Internet Service Providers in the country. Ordinarily, one can
deactivate a Twitter account only when he logs in and Nigerians
have been able to access Twitter through the use of a virtual
private network (VPN).

Perhaps the AGF used the same method and if that’s the case,
then he has acted contrary to his directive for prosecution of
Twitter users.