 The Social Economic Rights and Accountability Project and 176 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the President Mohammad i Buhari administration over the lawful, unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. The applicant are against the criminalization of Nigerians using Twitter and the escalating repression of human rights, rights to freedom of expression, access to information and media freedom. Following the deletion of Buhari's tweet, Information Minister Lai Mohamed last week announced the ban of Twitter operations. The government has threatened to arrest and persecute anyone using Twitter while the National Broadcasting Commission asked all broadcast stations to suspend the use of the social media platform.