Twitter Ban: Tension As ECOWAS Issued FG 30 Day Ultiamtum To Defend Itself
Following the Twitter Ban, ECOWAS Issued FG 30 Day Ultiamtum To Defend Itself
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has given the Nigerian government 30 days to file defence in a suit filed by a human rights lawyer, Ihensekhien Samuel.
Samuel filed the suit on behalf of the President of One Love Foundation, Patrick Eholor. The lawsuit is challenging the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over the indefinite suspension of the microblogging platform, Twitter.
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The lawyer had, on June 8, 2021, dragged the federal government before the ECOWAS court in a suit number: ECW/CCJ/APP/24/21 in Abuja, seeking a declaration for the reversal of the suspension and the actions of the Nigerian government in arbitrarily enforcing the banning of Twitter usage.
ECOWAS Issued FG 30 Day Ultiamtum
In a notice of registration, the court ordered the Nigerian Government ( Respondent ) to file a defence within 30 days after service of the application.
The notice read, “Notice is now given that an application between Patrick Eholor and the Federal Republic of Nigeria was lodged by the applicant and registered by the court on June 9 2021.
“You are required to lodge a defence within thirty ( 30 ) days after service of this application on you and take note that in default of your so doing, the applicant may proceed therein, and judgement may be given in your absence.”
The lawyer is also seeking the sum of 100million dollars being all damages and inconvenience suffered by his organization members and Nigerians in general due to the ban of Twitter
ECOWAS Issued FG 30 Day Ultiamtum
