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Former presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adamu Garba has petitioned the federal government (FG) to stop Twitter from operating in any part of Nigeria.
The former APC presidential aspirant also asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to slam a USD1 billion fine on the microblogging platform for what he said is compensation for loss of lives, properties, and for convenience.
He accused Jack Dorsey, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter of gross abuse of privilege, saying “you used your platform to instigate a protest that has now turned into a breakdown of law and order in Nigeria.
“You have violated the international principles of nationhood & democracy, by meddling into our local affairs, knowing fully well that these is capable of toppling the democratically elected government of the day, slowing us down from progress on our hard earned democracy journey”.
Twitter is wisely regarded as the digital epicentre of the #EndSARS protest.
The court papers read in part:
JURISDICTION OF THE COURT AS PRESERVED BY SECTION 606) OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999 (AS
AMENDED). TAKE NOTICE that this Honourable Court shall be moved on the 2020 at the hour of 9 odock in the forenoon or soon thereafter day of Counsel on behalf of the Applicant may be heard praying the Hon. Court for the
following reliefs:
a) A DECLARATION THAT the mode of sponsorship and protest of the ENDSARS protest by the 8 to 10 Respondents is illegal, unlawful and a violation of the Applicant’s fundamental right to liberty, dignity of human person, freedom of movement and economic right guaranteed and protected under Sections 341351411 and 4 of the Constitution of the federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as Amended)
b) A DECLARATION THAT the 1″ to 6 Respondents have the constitutional
and statutory duties to protect lives and property of citizens and ensure the
existence of peace and order in any part of the territory of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as provided under Section 5(1/a) & (b) at the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1990 (as Amended)
c) AN ORDER OF PERPETUAL INJUNCTION restraining the 8 to 10th Respondents whether by themselves or by their officers, agents, servants privies and/or otherwise however called from further sponsoring and staging the ENDSARS Protest or any protest in any other manner, however described that infringes on the Fundamental Rights of the Applicant (Adamu Garba) as guaranteed by Section, 34(1), 35 (1) and 41(1) of the 1999 Constitution and Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 12(1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Cap. A9, 2004.
d) AN ORDER of this Hon. Court directing the 1″ to 6 Respondents to take measures to stop the 8″ to 10 Respondents from further sponsoring and carrying out the ENDSARS Protest using force that is reasonably appropriate in the circumstance of the Protest
AN ORDER Directing the 7 Respondent to stop the operation of Twitter Int? Company in any part of the territory of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
AN ORDER directing the 8th and 9th Respondents jointly to pay the Applicant the sum of €1 Billion USD (One Billion US Dollars) as damages…
