Following the directive by
President Muhammadu Buhari on hate speeches, the Inspector-General of Police
(IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has set in motion necessary arrangements for the arrest
and prosecution of offenders.
Spokesman of the Nigeria Police
Force, Moshood Jimoh, disclosed that Idris has ordered top police chiefs across
the country to monitor their areas, apprehend and prosecute purveyor of hate
speeches.
“The IGP has put in place an
action plan towards dealing with this effectively,” he told Nation.
“The aim of the police force is
to ensure that anybody who engages in the use or dissemination of hate speeches
is arrested and prosecuted.
“It does not matter whether they
disseminate it through social media or through the conventional mass media like
radio, television or any other media.
“They are culpable of an offence
and they will be prosecuted.
“No organisation or individual is
exempted. Anyone who infringes the law should be prepared for arrest or other
consequences.
“The IGP has directed all
Assistant Inspectors General (AIGs) of Police and all Commissioners of Police
across Nigeria, including those in charge of commands or in charge of zones, to
ensure that anybody in any state who goes ahead to issue hate speech is
promptly arrested and prosecuted.
“You may recall that the Vice
President had made it clear to everyone that hate speech is like terrorism.
”Thus, we are going to charge offenders
under the Terrorism Prevention Act, and people should be forewarned that it is
a grievous offence to infringe on the provisions of such laws.
Am ever ready to die or go to jail for Biafra... So come, I wish to be the first to die for what I believe in.... Biafra must come
ReplyDeleteIGP Ibrahim Idris should go and arrest president Buhari, VP Osinbajo, Tinubu, Lai Mohammad, parasitic Arewa Youths, Shettima, El-Rufia, etc. before talking about IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu and Biafra. Biafra is a nation and its people are peacefully seeking self-determination to exit from the murderous Islamic Nigeria. What's hateful about that?
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