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BREAKING: Peoples Democratic Party Lawmakers Challenge Buhari, Open Twitter Account After Staging Walkout On Tuesday
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This comes a few hours after members of the party in the House of Representatives staged a walkout over the action of the Nigerian government.
Lawmakers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the National Assembly have opened a Twitter account in defiance of the microblogging platform ban by the Muhammadu Buhari-led government.
This comes a few hours after members of the party in the House of Representatives staged a walkout over the action of the Nigerian government.
The lawmakers on Tuesday staged the walkout after its caucus leader Kingsley Chinda was ruled out of order by Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila.
Chinda had prayed the House to urge the Federal Government to suspend the ban while the house conducts its investigation into the legality of the ban.
Chinda noted that the implication is that the ban would remain for 10 days and the rights of Nigerians would be kept in abeyance during the period of investigation.
The Speaker, however, cited part of the Standing Orders of the House stating that a matter that had been concluded by the parliament cannot be revisited for a debate.
The Speaker, therefore, ruled the lawmaker out of order, a decision that did not go down well with some members of the opposition who walked out of plenary.
Chinda also insisted that members of the PDP caucus in the House will continue to tweet in disregard to the ban.
Some other members kept shouting “continue to tweet, “continue to tweetâ€.
SaharaReporters gathered on Wednesday that a new Twitter account, @9thPDPCaucus has been opened by the lawmakers.
Nigeria’s information and culture minister Lai Mohammed had last Friday announced Twitter’s suspension in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi.
The suspension by the Nigerian government comes days after a post by President Buhari on the 1967 civil war was deleted by the microblogging platform.
The Nigerian government’s spokesman cited “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence†as the reason for the suspension.
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JUST IN: I Will Order Youths To Kill Any Fulani Herdsman In Sight If One Person Is Missing In My Emirate Again, Says Taraba Emir
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Gov. Ishaku Darius, Taraba State Governor
The Emir of Muri Empire, Abbas Tafida has warned that, if anyone is kidnapped from his emirate again, he will send armed youths to besiege the forest and kill any Fulani man in sight irrespective of his occupation.
Tafida, during the Eid-el Kabir sermon, issued the warning as he lam ented the terror unleashed by armed herdsmen who h ave allegedly been killing, kidnapping, and rapi B ng residents.
He stated that the people had warmly accepted the Fulani but did not expect such treatment as payback from the herders.
He warned that, if anyone is kidnapped from his emirate subsequently, armed youths will besiege the forest and kill any Fulani man in sight irrespective of his occupation.
The Emir also warned that anyone conniving with kidnappers or protecting them from being prosecuted will be punished severely, including police officers.
He said, “From now onwards if anyone is kidnapped from this emirate, we will go into the bush and kill any Fulani man we see and we will not ask for his name or what he does because the Fulanis cannot say they do not know the kidnappers, they had better stop them.
“Our young people are inactive. Police at a time caught a district head conniving with kidnappers and they gave him bail, he had the audacity to go back to his district and the youths did nothing.
“From now on, anyone caught conniving with kidnappers, we will kill him and his family members. Police should be warned! We have respect for them but when next they arrest someone conniving with kidnappers and they let the person go free, we will also arm the youth to protect the citizens.
â€Our Fulani herdsmen in the forests, you came into this state and we accepted you, why then will you be coming to towns and villages to kidnap residents, even up to the extent of raping our women? If you are not a Muslim, let us know.
The Emir also issued 30 days ultimatum to the killer herdsmen to vacate the forest or suffer the consequences.
“Because of this unending menace, every Fulani herdsman in this state have been given 30 days ultimatum to vacate the forests. We are tired of having sleepless nights and the hunger alone in the land is enormous and we will not allow this oppression to continue.â€
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