{"id":81933,"date":"2021-06-09T19:21:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T18:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81933"},"modified":"2021-06-09T19:21:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T18:21:20","slug":"twitter-celebration-of-june-12-by-buhari-hypocritical-says-adegboruwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/twitter-celebration-of-june-12-by-buhari-hypocritical-says-adegboruwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter: celebration of June 12 by Buhari, hypocritical says Adegboruwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1702113029556869598\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, says it is hypocritical for the government of President Muhammadu Buharito to celebrate the ideals of the June 12 mandate when the same regime violates the freedom of expression by Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>He made this known in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday titled, \u2018Boycott June 12 Events In Protest Of Twitter Ban And Media Censorship\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Adegboruwa, therefore, urged all Nigerians, especially activists, civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and all lovers of democracy, not to participate in any programme or event that may be organised by the Buhari regime in commemoration of the June 12, 1993, election, this year.<\/p>\n<p>Adegboruwa said Buhari and his government have failed to uphold the ideals of June 12 with the recent suspension of micro-blogging platform, Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIt will be hypocritical of the government to claim to celebrate the ideals of the June 12 mandate, when the same government is in gross violation of the freedom of expression by people it claims to govern, through its illegal ban of Twitter and the unwarranted censorship of all media organisations. June 12 represents total freedom, the free expression of the will of the people, justice, equality and respect for human rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision of the government to suspend the operations of Twitter and to force media organisations to comply therewith, are contrary to the spirit of June 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a mark of protest in rejecting the suspension, all Nigerians of good conscience should isolate the government by boycotting all programmes and events that may be slated for the celebration of the June 12 election, until the exit of the present Buhari administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot continue to live in a nation where the exercise of the fundamental and constitutional rights of citizens depends on the personal idiosyncrasies of those in power, where the institutions of State are deployed whimsically, to settle personal grievances, as President Buhari is doing in respect of his personal dispute with Twitter, for which all Nigerians are now subjected to forced solidarity,\u201d Adegboruwa said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIt is unfortunate that the National Assembly could not find its voice in support of the people of Nigeria at this critical time when their rights are being trampled upon with crass impunity, by the executive arm of government.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, says it is hypocritical for the government of President Muhammadu Buharito to celebrate the ideals of the June 12 mandate when the same regime&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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