Wednesday 13 September 2017

ONLINE MONITORS




Sir Femi Adesina
Presidential Spokesman
To His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR
Dear Sir,
I have read the statement by IGP Ibrahim Idris published in the Tribune to internet users such as Facebook, Twitters, Instagram to desist from writing and or spreading fake news, hate mails and hate messages that are grossly offensive, indecent, obscene for the purpose of insulting or causing criminal intimidation against the provisions of sections 24 and 26 of Cyber Crime Act 2015. http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/hate-speech-purveyors-risk-…/
I have shared day 2 short video clip of the Queen of England with Mr President and VP Osibanjo light-heart. Certainly the video messages do not insult the person or office of the President or anyone else.
PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS POST.
Since your glorious days in the Sun newspaper, we have communicated professionally cerebral and mutually respectful. I am under obligation however to say that those who thought you probably first communicated with me Sept 2017 are mistaken; with ref to my Facebook post and your gracious comment on my FB Wall ref observations on HE President Buhari’s WAEC Certificate.
With humility, Constitutional and human rights lawyer the female version of Iconoclastic Fawehinmi SAN; in the front row critiquing Mr President and government policies. I also critiqued President Jonathan when he was in office, consistent as the Northern Star!. And I say that with utmost humility and respect.
Sir, it is apposite to suggest to the present administration that you may wish to nominate "online Monitors" who may provide guidelines on hate speeches, to whom reports should first be lodged against violators to sieve it, before Police action. Just to put a human face to it in order not to appear draconian or oppressive; not to infringe on citizens’ rights to freedom of expression and the consequential action to bring public office holders to account with a view to nurturing our democracy, in a language that is not vitriolic but rather civil and assertive; in a manner that would demote deliberate falsehood, fabrications, concoctions; intentional maligning and unexplained malice.
Thank you!
Yours respectfully,
Attorney CN Ajie, LL.B (Hons) Benin, B.L (Lagos), MCIArb(UK) LL.M Georgetown
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has warned that henceforth, internet users that spread hate messages and false news will be arrested and im
tribuneonlineng.com

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