The Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Court of Justice sitting in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from arresting any Nigerian on account of their use of Twitter.
In a ruling delivered today, the court held that the use of the social media platform is a fundamental right of every Nigerian.
The ruling followed a suit instituted by the Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP).
“VICTORY: The ECOWAS Court of Justice, Abuja in a landmark ruling today has stopped the Buhari administration and its agents from intimidating, sanctioning, arresting or prosecuting anyone for using Twitter in Nigeria, pending the final determination of the suit,” SERAP wrote in a tweet.
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