The accusation of the PDP is contained in a statement by the national publicity secretary of the party, KOLA OLOGBONDIYAN.
The main opposition party stated that the decision by the APC-led Federal government to impose stringent regulations on online media and broadcast organisations as recently announced by the Minister of Information and Culture, LAI MOHAMMED, is anti-democratic and a direct violation of statutory rules governing media practice and freedom of expression in Nigeria.
The PDP also rejected the Presidential declaration of political comments as “Class A” offence, insisting that such is designed to undermine the nation’s constitutional democracy, exterminate the rights of citizens to dissenting public opinion and foist a one-party system on the country
The Minister of Information, LAI MOHAMMED recently announced that henceforth any broadcast of information considered as hate speech would attract a fine of five million naira.
