Tobi Adebayo 

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has directed the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation to commence immediate prosecution of those who violate the Federal Government’s order suspending Twitter operations in Nigeria.

This comes after Nigerians started to make use of Virtual Proxy Networks (VPNs) to access Twitter despite the suspension of the microblogging app in Nigeria.

Malami’s spokesman, Umar Gwandu, made this development known in a statement on Saturday.

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“Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has directed the immediate prosecution of offenders of the Federal Government ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria.

“Malami directed the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation at the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, to swing into action and commence in earnest the process of prosecution of violators of the Federal Government De-activation of operations of Twitter in Nigeria.

“Malami directed the DPPF to liaise with the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, National Communication Communication  and other relevant government agencies to ensure the speedy prosecution of offenders without any further delay,” the statement read.