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Speaker 1: It may be true that there are certain things people

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do to others, they may not take the same from anyone.

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This assertion appeared to have come into play in the

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current administration of Nigeria President Bola Hmed Talubu, who in

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the era of President good Luck of Ballet Jonathan apparently

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used spin logic to always make false statements, incite the

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public against the government, destroy the reputation and personality of

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the then President good Luck of Bele Jonathan. As you may know,

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spin logic in communication is a public relations campaign strategy

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that uses deliberate, biased, or misleading interpretations of events and

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information to influence public perception. In one of the viral

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videos between twenty twelve and twenty fourteen in the history

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of politics in Nigeria, President Bola Rmed Talubu, who was

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then a chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria

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ACN and later All Progressives Congress APC, allegedly told a

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gathering of thousands of people that the then President good

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Luck of Bellet Jonathan said Nigeria citizens should face death

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or starve to death directly or indirectly, saying that the

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then President Jonathan did not care about the well being

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of his people. Till date, Tanubu has not shown any

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evidence to back up his claim that the people are hungry.

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President Jonathan said they should face death and in some occasions,

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Tanubu called on the police not to attack protesters. Specifically,

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on November twenty ninth, twenty thirteen, Tanubu tweeted by a

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tweeter now ex social media platform that police do not

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attack protesters. Your children are involved, your lives are involved,

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Your children’s future lie here, and urged millions of Nigerians

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to protest peacefully against the Jonathan led government and in

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one of the protests, Occupy Niger, allegedly sponsored by Bola

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Ahmed Tanugu. According to Reno Omakri, who was then a

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media spokesperson to Jonathan, the then President j Jonathan’s photo

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was placed on a coffin as a dead man and

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the coffin was labeled RIP, meaning rest in peace. Also

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in February twenty eleven, as reported by Nigeria Media, Tanubu

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described the then President good Luck Jonathan as a drunkard

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sinking fisherman, a word that appears to falsely describe the

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then President Jonathan as a man that always take too

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much of alcohol to the extent of losing control of

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his behavior, but under the same Tanubu who is now

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the President of Nigeria. The State Security Service SSS, also

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known as the Department of State Service DSS, has filed

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a court case against Facebook and Ex social media companies

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over a post published separately on August twenty fifth and

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twenty six, twenty twenty five by a well known human

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rights activist and anti government critic, Homiele Saware and his

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online media saha A reporters and in the five count charges,

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the DSS accused Omiele sair wad Ray of making defamatory

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or false statements against the person of President Bola Ahmed

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Tanubu for describing the President as a criminal after the

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president allegedly said there is no more corruption in Nigeria.

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In the legal battle, Omilee Saware has also gone to

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court to stop Facebook X social Media from deleting his

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posts and sued the DSS for unconstitutional media censorship. The

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DSS in the sud Market fhc abj CR four hundred

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eighty four two thousand, twenty fifths also joined Meta, the

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parent company of Facebook and Ex Corporation as defendants at

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the Federal High Court in Abuja. The criminal charges filed

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and dated September sixteenth, was filed by Mohammad Abu Bakar,

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Director of Public Prosecutions, Federal Ministry of Justice after the

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DSS wrote to Facebook X and Saware to delete the

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post and deactivate Saware, account that the parties appeared to

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have refused to honour the dedas requests. In the five

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count charge, Saware, the publisher of SATA Reporters, was alleged

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to have made a false claim against the person of

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the president by referring to him as a criminal. Saware,

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the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress AAC in

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twenty nineteen and twenty twenty three, in the charges accused

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of contravening the provisions of the Cyber Crimes Prohibition Prevention Etc.

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Amendment Act twenty twenty four. Count one of the charge

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alleged that Saware Honor about August twenty fifth, did use

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his official ex handle page and Yellow Saware to send

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out a message tweet. The message is said to be

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this criminal at official PABAT actually went to Brazil to

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state that there is no more corruption under his regime.

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In Nigeria, what audacity to lie shamelessly? The message, which

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he knew to be false, was posted for the purpose

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of causing a breakdown of law and order in the country,

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especially among individuals who hold divergent views on the personality

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of the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed

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Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tenubu GCFR.

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The offense is said to be contrary to Section twenty

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four one b of the Cyber Crimes Prohibition Prevention et

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Cetera Amendment Act twenty twenty four, among other counts. Meanwhile,

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Omile Sawarre also filed a lawsuit against the DSS and

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owners of Meta and X Corporation not to delete his posts,

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saying the issue is about principles not personality. Sware originating

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summon reads on behalf of our client, Omile Saware. We

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have filed two fundamental rights actions at the Federal High Court,

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Abuja against the State Security Service SSS, META, owners of

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Facebook and X Corporation formerly Twitter. These suits were filed

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to challenge and the unconstitutional censorship initiated by the DSS

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SSS against Sauare’s accounts maintained with Meta and X. The

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lawsuit states categorically that this is about the survival of

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free speech in Nigeria. If state agencies can dictate to

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global platforms who may speak in what may be said,

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then no Nigerian is safe. Their voices will be silenced

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at the whim of those in power. Censorship of political

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criticism is alien to democracy. The Constitution of the Federal

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Republic of Nigeria, in section thirty nine, guarantees every citizen

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the right to freedom of expression without interference. No security agency,

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no matter how powerful, can suspend or delete those rights.

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Meta and X must also understand this. When they bouter

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unlawful censorship demands, they become complicit in the suppression of liberty.

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They cannot hide behind neutrality while authoritarianism is exported onto

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their platforms. Our prayers before the court are simple that

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the s s S has no power in law to

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censor Nigerians on social media, that Metter and X must

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not lend their platforms as tools of repression, and that

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our clients writes them by extension the rights of all

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Nigerians be fully protected against unlawful censorship. We call on

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all lovers of freedom, journalists, human rights defenders and the

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Nigerian people to stand firm to day. It is sware

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tomorrow it may be you. This struggle is not about personalities,

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it is about principle and we shall resist every attempt

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to turn Nigeria into a digital dictatorship. Signed tou Temokanov

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Toue Temokin Chambers, Lagos, Esquire. On the sixteenth of September

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twenty twenty five, we had reported that as people of

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Nepal in South Asia country took to the streets in

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an unprecedented manner to protest an end to corruption and

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bad leadership in the country. During the week after a

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short lived ban on social media by the Nepalese government,

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Nigeria secret police known as Department of State Security Service

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DSS appeared to have doubled efforts, apparently to avert the

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unpleasant Nepal situation in the West Africa country, a situation

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where some politicians in the South Asia country tasted the

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bitter side of their citizens like never before. This the

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DSS has appeared to be on the neck of ex

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social media management to ensure the deletion of a post

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tweeted by the founder of Sahara Reporters news media and

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a well known anti government critic, omi Le Saware that

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allegedly described the Nigeria President Bola Armed Tulubu as a criminal,

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a statement Saware made in reaction to the words of

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President Bola armed Tanubu over corruption in Nigeria while the

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president was on official visit in Brazil. The DSS said

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Saware mis represented the President’s statement and as such, the

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supporters of the president are not happy over it. Hence

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the Security Service demanded a attracted publication from Homil a Swarrey.

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But in a swift reaction, Homil declined and accused of

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the Assessor always acting illegally, guys increasing the nat of

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work une blind man, he said, cause they say yes

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we know why the people agree and then them faced death.

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That is what is in a Buda today in the

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current way of Donatson doing impossible what it does and

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the quality and the orison of just prossess in every

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we have done that at this hour in this place

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for both the names and imagine of corrosion and corrup

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We are as living today today to bring a new day.

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I am in Nigeria through our people today in my

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you have people I listened hardworking people. Lady drinking you

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bring me in the morggital way.