The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice, Abuja, has adjourned the hearing on the Twitter ban in Nigeria to January 2022.
This was made known by SERAP, Social Economic and Rights Accountability Project, via its Twitter handle on Wednesday.
The post reads: “Twitter ban: The ECOWAS Court of Justice, Abuja heard arguments today in our suit. The push for adjournment by the Federal Government was rejected by the court, following objections by SERAP lawyer, Femi Falana SAN. The case is fixed for judgment on 20th January 2022.”
It could be recalled that the Federal Government Of Nigeria had on June 4, announced the indefinite suspension of Twitter’s operation across the country following the deletion of Buhari’s tweets.
The government also in August, said it had made “tremendous progress” in resolving the impasse following a series of meetings and that “an amicable solution is a very much insight”.
A few days ago, SERAP urged the General Assembly of the United Nations to use its power to order President Muhammadu Buhari to lift the indefinite suspension of the operations of Twitter in Nigeria.
The group asked the International body to speak for the fundamental rights of Nigerians noting that “the freedom to expression whether offline or online is a fundamental right” which should not be tampered with.
This was contained in its tweet on its official Twitter page as President Buhari addressed the General Assembly on Friday.
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