Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has made a tweet in defiance of the suspension of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria by the federal government.
Recall that Lai Mohammed, the minister of Information and culture, on Friday, announced the suspension ”citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.”
On Saturday, Attorney General and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami, ordered the arrest and prosecution of any Nigerian seen using Twitter. But the threat has not deterred the Kaduna governor from tweeting and engaging on the micro-blogging site.
El-rufai took to his Twitter account on Sunday, June 6, 2021 and tweeted a piece on how the move by the federal government ”teaches US lesson on how to handle Big Tech tyranny”
Although his tweet which – he probably made with the help of a virtual private network (VPN), was in support of the suspension, it also directly contravened the ban and prosecution order issued by the federal government.
See his tweet:
