By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday accused the National Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being behind the suspension of
Twitter in Nigeria by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
The PDP said information available to it reveal that APC leaders at one of their party’s national caucus meeting recommended the regulation of social media in Nigeria.
The leading opposition party further alleged that since then APC had been plotting to obliterate
internet-based interaction platforms such as Twitter.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, which was made available to TheNiche, said the APC Caucus has been pushing bills in the National Assembly, particularly in November 2020, seeking to enforce a draconian regulation of social media so as to gag Nigerians from exposing its atrocities, including human right abuses, treasury looting, nepotism and sectional marginalization by the APC administration.
“Nigerians can also recall how the APC administration in carrying out the agenda of its party has been using the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to suffocate the media space with humongous fines and threats of suspension of operating license on broadcast stations,” the statement further said.
The PDP said it wanted the APC to know that their plot against Nigerians have been exposed and cannot stand.
“Our nation is known for her resilient citizenry and no leader or political party has been able to suppress the wishes of Nigerians.
“The APC, in spite of its machinations, cannot vanquish Nigerians in their determination for a free and democratic nation where sovereignty belongs to the people.”