Anti-hate speech, social media law protests rock National Assembly

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Scores of protesters made up of civil society groups and students besieged the National Assembly complex on Wednesday and asked the federal lawmakers to drop the anti-social media and the hate speech

bills which are at various stages in the nation’s parliament.

There was a heavy security build-up between 8:am and about 12 noon when the protesters ended the protest. “The law is not about the 109 Senators. It is about Nigerians. Democracy is about free speech, it is about rule of law. That is why their voices are extremely important.

 

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Where are the protesters? 🙄

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