 The United States Council Nigeria Claire Paralengo has described the Twitter suspension Nigeria has as a threat to the human rights of Nigerians. She made known in an event tagged a conversation on press freedom, press freedom of expression and civic space in Nigeria. According to Paralengo, the Twitter and the directive by the Buhari administration to all social media platforms registered in Nigeria is worrisome and calls for great concern. And I quote, banning or restricting social media under threat of persecution undermines Nigerians, humans and fundamental freedoms. She added that Nigerian government ongoing suspension of Twitter and stated intent to introduce registration requirements for other social platforms are deeply worrying. The FG had cited that the persistence of the platform for activities of undermining Nigeria's existence as the reason for the suspension.