Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has stated that the suspension of Twitter’s operations is a ploy to distract Nigerians from the federal government’s failure to address insecurity.<\/p>\n
Ortom in a tweet posted on Tuesday said the ban is illegal, describing it as a suppression of the fundamental rights of Nigerians<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Benue governor also said the government\u2019s action is a gag on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cThe ban on Twitter is not only illegal but it is also an ill-advised move to divert the attention of Nigerians from the FG\u2019s failure to tackle insecurity in parts of the country,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n \u201cIt amounts to suppression of fundamental human rights and gagging of social media.\u201d<\/p>\n The ban on Twitter is not only illegal but it is also an ill-advised move to divert the attention of Nigerians from the FG\u2019s failure to tackle insecurity in parts of the country. It amounts to suppression of fundamental human rights and gagging of social media.<\/p>\n\n