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The organisation believes that without the relief sought, the CBN will enforce the unlawful directive, which will be a violation of citizens\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<p>According to SERAP, there are other means of identification, such as passports, driver\u2019s licence, Bank Verification Number, and Tax Identification Number, which banks and other financial institutions already require their customers to provide.<\/p>\n<p>The suit filed on behalf of SERAP by its lawyers, Kolawole Oluwadare and Ms Blessing Ogwuche, read in part: \u201cObtaining information on customers\u2019 social media handles or addresses as means of identification is more intrusive than necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to Section 6(a)(iv) of the CBN Regulations, banks and other financial institutions \u2018shall identify their customer and obtain information on the social media handle of the customer.\u2019 Section 6(b)(iii) contains similar provisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purported mandatory requirement would inhibit Nigerians from freely exercising their human rights online. 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