Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has revealed that the founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey is responsible for all the losses that Nigeria incurred during the EndSARS protest.
He said this when he appeared on a Radio Nigeria call-in program in Abuja on Monday.
The minister said that Dorsey mobilised funds for the protest using Bitcoins while his social media platform, Twitter was used to enhance the #EndSARS agitations by mobilising supporters around the world.
According to him, “If you ask people to donate money via bitcoins for EndSARS protesters then you are vicariously liable for whatever is the outcome of the protest.
“We have forgotten that EndSARS led to the loss of lives, including 37 policemen, 57 civilians while property worth billions of Naira were looted.
“164 police vehicles and 134 police stations were razed to the ground, 265 private corporate organisations were looted while 243 public property were looted.
“81 warehouses were looted while over 200 brand new buses bought by Lagos State Government were burn to ashes.”
The Minister added that it is unjust to imply that Twitter’s activities have been banned forever after it deleted President Buhari’s tweet.
He maintained that the platform has continued to serve as propaganda platform for separatist groups out to undermine Nigeria.
“Twitter has become a platform of choice for a particular separatist promoter. The promoter consistently used the platform to direct his loyalists to kill Nigerian soldiers and policemen, run down INEC offices an destroy all symbols of Nigeria’s sovereignty. Every attempt to persuade Twitter to deny its platform to this separatist leader was not taken serious.”
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