Admin l Tuesday, October 20, 2020
LAGOS, Nigeria – Social Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has put Human Rights Lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana on standby to defend it in a suit filed by a member of the All Progressive Congress(APC) seeking to shutdown Twitter in Nigeria as a result of the #endSARS protest.
In a statement, SERAP said it has decided to join the suit, S/N: FHC/ABJ/CS/1391/2020 filed by APC member seeking to shutdown Twitter because of #EndSARS protests.
“We’ll challenge this suit, defend free speech & access to information of everyone”, SERAP said, adding “If you would like to join us, please send your full names”, it said.
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SERAP said it has just instructed Femi Falana, SAN to lead a team of senior lawyers to represent it and other interested Nigerians to challenge this suit, and to defend people’s rights to freedom of expression, access to information, and peaceful assembly.
