{"id":81633,"date":"2021-06-04T20:47:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T19:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81633"},"modified":"2021-06-04T20:47:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T19:47:18","slug":"twitter-suspension-buhari-govt-sliding-towards-fascist-regime-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/twitter-suspension-buhari-govt-sliding-towards-fascist-regime-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Suspension: Buhari\u00a0Govt sliding\u00a0towards fascist regime &#8211; PDP\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1701662030771036433\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it has rejected the unwarranted suspension of the social media platform, Twitter, by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, describing it as a draconian action and a slide towards a fascist regime in our country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The party in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said &#8220;the suspension of twitter, is a vexatious, condemnable and barbaric move to muzzle Nigerians, particularly the youths, ostensibly to prevent them from holding the overtly corrupt, vindictive and divisive Buhari administration accountable for its atrocities, including human right violations, patronizing of terrorists and outright suppressive acts against innocent Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Our party is appalled that the Federal Government could exhibit such primitive intolerance and power intoxication because the social media giant demonstrated international best practices in not allowing the Buhari presidency to use Twitter as a platform to propagate and spread the Buhari administration\u2019s hatred towards Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The PDP insists that rather than being a platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria\u2019s corporate existence, as claimed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Nigerians, particularly the youths, have been using the social media platform, largely, for activities that promote unity, as well as social, economic and commercial interaction in our country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Our party notes that Mr. Lai Mohammed, in his statement, failed to cite an example of where Nigerians used Twitter as a platform to promote acts that are capable of undermining Nigeria\u2019s corporate existence as he claimed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Of course, the failure to give any such instance, confirms that the Federal Government is only out to victimize Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration are only afraid of Nigerians on Twitter because of their evil machinations for which they dread the Nigerian youths.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Moreover, freedom of speech is firmly guaranteed in our constitution and the Buhari administration should be ready to face Nigerians over its misrule.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;In the case of any infringement, our nation has adequate extant laws to deal with such and not this move to gag the people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The PDP therefore charges President Buhari to end this assault against Nigerians by immediately and unconditionally rescinding its decision to ban Twitter, as such amounts to pushing our citizens to the wall.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Afterall, it was the same Twitter that provided President Buhari and the APC the platform to campaign in 2015 and 2019.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It is also on record that President Buhari would not be the first President in the world whose tweet would be deleted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;When it happened to former US President Donald Trump, he was not known to have deployed any act coercion against Twitter.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Our party invites President Buhari to halt this international shame by rescinding this ugly decision.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content 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