The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has said that attacks on media practitioners, activists, and other civic actors are on the rise in Nigeria with recent reports of an increasing spate of repressive attacks in South-East Nigeria.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government to state governors from targeting and arbitrarily detaining Nigerians, particularly journalists and critics, and prosecuting them for suspected "Cyberstalking" under Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act.
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Some Twitter users have chastised the Nigeria Police Force for detaining Mr. Chude Franklin Nnamdi, who was arrested for posting about alleged ballot box snatching during Saturday's Anambra State Assembly elections. The tweeps lambasted the police for failing to take any action against the Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, also known as MC Oluomo, for issuing a threat to Igbo people to stay at home during last Saturday’s election. MC Oluomo is an ally of the ‘president-elect’, Bola Tinubu.