He said that the Federal Government had also been ordered by the ECOWAS court to change the clause in order to comply with Nigerians' right to free speech.
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has stated that the Nigerian police and other security agencies lack the power to arrest, detain and prosecute Nigerian citizens for the so-called offences of "cyberstalking" ''insult" "causing annoyance" and "criminal intimidation." Falana noted in a release on Thursday that consequently, all pending cases filed on the basis of the repealed aspects of section 24 of the Cybercrime Act 2015 "should be discontinued without any further delay."
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According to him, this is about eight per cent of the total revenue budget for 2024, adding that what remained unanswered is the cost to the overall economy.
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