ECOWAS court in Abuja has stopped President Muhammadu Buhari-led government from arresting Nigerians using Twitter, pending the hearing and determination of a suit brought before it by a rights body Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).
The West Africa regional court’s order comes four days after Peoples Gazette, Paradigm Initiative for Information Technology Development and seven others filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over the regime’s suspension of Twitter.
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