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

A bunch of senators are trying to intimidate social media users in Nigeria, making them afraid of posting information about fraud, corruption and other practices that see them living large with little work.

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.”

- We also need to pass a Bill in Nigeria to the effect that anyone who falsely declare his/her assets or took bribe from CBN and other other government agency should be sent to the FIRING SQUAD!