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The suspension of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/22\/fg-twitters-operation-in-nigeria-is-illegal\/\">Twitter<\/a> does not fall under the provisions of arts 8 and the African Charter on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspension of Twitter in Nigeria is not a right recognized under any treaty enforceable by this Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the unlikely event that this Honourable Court agrees with SERAP that the suspension of Twitter is a fundamental right, the dissolution or liquidation of twitter as a profit-making entity may as well open a floodgate and vest the users the rights of a non-existent right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter is a profit-making entity which can be proscribed\/dissolved in compliance with any national laws. The compulsory shut down of an entity cannot be termed the breach of any fundamental rights by this Honourable Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspension of Twitter in Nigeria is in compliance with the provisions of sections 420, 419 of the Penal Code [Northern Nigeria]; Federal Provisions Act, and section 58 of the Criminal Code Act. The operation of Twitter is in violation of Nigerian domestic legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGround Two: This Court lacks the jurisdiction to determine the criminalization of an act under Nigerian laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe subject matter of the SERAP suit borders on the criminalisation of Twitter operation in Nigeria pursuant to the Penal Code and the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe use and operation of Twitter in Nigeria constitutes the offences of Importation of Prohibited publication under sections 420 and 421 or the offence of possession of seditious articles under section 419 of the Penal Code Federal Provisions Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any event there is a right of action vested in the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria, the said right vests directly on Twitter and not individual users of Twitter. 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