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Hate speech is an act of terrorism in Nigeria

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Isaac Kaledzi
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Hate speech is now an act of terrorism in Nigeria, according to the country’s acting President, Yemi Osinbajo.

He announced on Thursday that hate speech under the country’s new anti-terrorism law now amounts to terrorism and taken seriously.

Yemi Osinbajo has been acting for his boss, ailing President Muhammadu Buhari who is currently on a sick leave in London for months now.

The acting President on his twitter account gave details of a speech he delivered on Thursday at a security forum in the capital Abuja on this latest changes to the country’s security laws.

He said “Hate speech is a specie of terrorism … We’ve drawn a line against hate speech, it will not be tolerated, it will be taken as an act of terrorism and all of the consequences will follow it.”

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Osinbajo is now asking citizens to avoid speeches that create dissent and intimidate people since “they do a great disservice to our unity and nation.”

 

 

 

Source: Africafeeds.com

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