End BBNaija show now, Lai Mohammed directs NBC

The Federal Government has reacted to the deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweets on Wednesday by Twitter, alleging that Twitter’s mission in Nigeria is “very very suspect.”

Advertisements

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this while fielding questions from the State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the First Lady’s Conference Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

President Buhari after receiving briefing on Tuesday from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on the destruction of the commission’s facilities across the country, had in his reaction referenced the civil war and threatened to deal with the trouble makers.

Advertisements

The President had in series of tweet on Tuesday via is verified Twitter handle @MBuhari tweeted: “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand.”

READ ALSO: Twitter Knocks Buhari For Offensive Tweet, Boots It Out

Following several complaints, Twitter deleted the tweet, stating: “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules”.

Advertisements

In his reaction, the Nigeria”s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Mohammed, accused Twitter of double standard, wondering why the social media giant has conveniently ignored alleged inciting tweets by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and his cohorts.

He accused Twitter of displaying the same biases it did during the ENDSARS protest where government and private properties were destucted, looted and set on fire describing it human rights,while it finds Buhari’s tweet offensive.

He said Twitter’s role is suspect and Nigeria will not be fooled.

According to him, “Twitter may have its own rules, it’s not the universal rule. If Mr. President, anywhere in the world feels very bad and concern about a situation, he is free to express such views. Now, we should stop comparing apples with oranges. If an organisation is proscribed, it is different from any other which is not proscribed.

Advertisements

“Two, any organisation that gives directives to its members, to attack police stations, to kill policemen, to attack correctional centres, to kill warders, and you are now saying that Mr. President does not have the right to express his dismay and anger about that?

“We are the ones guilty of double standards. I don’t see anywhere in the world where an organisation, a person will stay somewhere outside Nigeria, and will direct his members to attack the symbols of authority, the police, the military, especially when that organisation has been proscribed.

Advertisements

“By whatever name, you can’t justify giving orders to kill policemen or to kill anybody you do not agree with.”

Advertisements

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.