The Bill Senators Want To Use To Jail Social Media Users In Nigeria

 Can you believe this people called our senators they want silence the people that actually voted them in from voicing out their opinion, Instead of passing bill on people that fraud this country during political regime to face serious sanction. They want to pass a bill to make them untouchable. *SMH*

There is a controversial Bill in the senate to this effect now. “A Bill for an Act to Prohibit frivolous Petitions and other Matters Connected therewith, Sponsored by Senator Ibn Na’Allah.

“Where any person in order to circumvent this law makes any allegation and or publish any

statement, petition in any paper, radio, or any medium of whatever description, with malicious intent to discredit or set the public against any person or group of persons, institutions of government, he shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction, shall be liable to an imprisonment term of two years or a fine of N4,000,000.00” the bill specified.

With regards to social media, the bill read: 

“Where any person through text message ,tweets, whatsApp or through any social media post any abusive statement knowing same to be false with intent to set the public against any person and group of persons, an institution of government or such other bodies established by law shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction, shall be liable to an imprisonment for two years or a fine of N2,000,000.00 or both fine and imprisonment.”