The suit followed the order by the National Broadcasting Commission asking TV and radio stations to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately, and telling them to delete Twitter after the social media giant was banned in the country.
In the suit SERAP is seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining the government of President Buhari, the NBC, and Lai Muhammed and any other persons from censoring, regulating, licensing and controlling the social media operations and contents by broadcast stations, and activities of social media service providers in Nigeria.
SERAP is also seeking an order setting aside the directive by NBC and Lai Muhammed as it is unconstitutional, unlawful, inconsistent and incompatible with the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 and the country’s obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
