The Nigerian government has formally given X.com 24 hours to pull down an anti-President Bola Tinubu tweet posted by a controversial politician and activist, Omoyele Sowore, disparaging President Bola Tinubu over a statement he made in Brazil that corruption in Nigeria has ended under his government.
The federal government through the Department of State Services, (DSS) in a letter to the Chairman and Chief Executive officer of X.com, Bastrop Country, Texas USA, claimed that Sowore’s tweet was misleading and willful intention to furthering an ideology capable of serious harm, incitement to violence, Cyber crime, hate speech, to discredit and disparage Tinubu.
meanwhile Sowore, in a statement today via his X handle has vowed to continue his criticism of the Nigerian government despite fresh attempts by security agencies to clamp down on his social media accounts.
Similarly, Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, in a statement today has condemned the alleged targeting of the social media account of Omoyele Sowore by the DSS describing the action as “unacceptable” and an attack on democracy.