Atiku Condemns Seven-Year Jail Term For Social Media Critics.
Former Vice President and Turaki Adamawa, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has kicked against the proposed bill seeking seven-year jail term for social media critics.
The proposed bill tends to reduce some inflammatory comments against the government of Nigeria and its leaders, especially President Goodluck Jonathan.
However, the former Vice President took to his Twitter page Thursday morning to condemn the proposed bill, saying that, “I have always told our political leaders to see social media as a performance barometer, and not a threat.”
Atiku during an interview on why he relies on social media, especially Twitter, said, “It’s not all the time that I tweet. But then, I don’t think it is a question of bringing myself low or cheapening it. But that is a question of connecting. I believe you love your children. If they love something, won’t you love it?
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We live in a country where nothing works except corruption and we are threatened with a jail term for criticizing? Let them dare pass that bill and implement it, it might just be the best thing to happen to Nigeria, for I believe without doubt, that bill will be our own Mohammed Bouazizi! The time is ripe!
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