The caucus which comprise of the Senate and House of Representatives opposition members described the ban on twitter as draconian and unacceptable while dismissing threat of prosecution of violators.
Senate Minority Leader Enyinnaya Abaribe and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu, in a joint statement, asked Nigerians to continue to use Twitter as they will not be contravening any known laws of the land.
The statement also dismissed threats by the APC-led government to arrest and prosecute Nigerians using twitter and calls on Nigerians to go ahead and use their twitter as they would not be contravening any law in Nigeria or any international statute.
The lawmakers cited the provisions of Articles 19 and 20 of the United Nations Charter on Fundamental Human Rights, which Nigeria is a signatory to, as well as provisions of Sections 39 and 36 of the 1999 Constitution and noted that by these provisions no one will be violating any law for using twitter in Nigeria.
The statement further sympathized with the organized private sector, manufacturing and service providing companies, small and medium enterprises, online businesses owners and other hardworking entrepreneurs across the country, whose genuine business and means of livelihood have been crippled by the unwarranted ban on Twitter by the APC Federal Government.
