The Federal Government of Nigeria, says leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu’s consistent use of Twitter to destabilize the country was the main reason it banned the platform.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this during a live TV interview on Monday.
He said, the micro-blogging platform was used to promote actions capable of destroying the nation.
Lai, further explained that Twitter is the platform of choice for Kanu, to issue directives to his followers to attack national assets and cause crises in the nation.
“Twitter is actually the platform of choice for the separatist leader who resides outside Nigeria, but issues directives for his members to attack the symbols of authority such as policemen, soldiers, correctional centres, electoral offices and this has been done willfully and consistently without consequences always using the Twitter platform,” he said.
“The government has suspended the operations of Twitter in Nigeria indefinitely because of the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence,” he added.
