DSS Attempt to Censor Sowore on Twitter is Illegal and Unconstitutional!
We have been put in possession of the notice from X (formerly Twitter) informing Omoyele Sowore that the Department of State Services (DSS) wrote to the platform requesting the removal of one of his posts concerning President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This unlawful act by the DSS is not just an attack on Sowore, but on the democratic rights of every Nigerian. We have rejected this censorship request in writing to X and have formally demanded that the DSS desist from this unconstitutional conduct.
We wish to add in categorical language that the DSS has no constitutional or statutory power to censor citizens or procure their censorship through private platforms. The 1999 Constitution (Section 39) and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights guarantee freedom of expression, and only a competent court of law can order restrictions on speech.
Should they insist or persist, we will take all necessary legal steps to protect constitutional rights and defend the freedom of expression guaranteed to all Nigerians.
Signed,
Tope Temokun, Esq.
For: Tope Temokun Chambers
Tel(official: +2347044311083; +2348108662501.
Email:topetemokunchambers@gmail.com