Don’t criminalize use of social media - Omokri tells Nigerian Senate

The former Special Assistant on New Media to President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri is urging the Nigerian Senate to do away with the bill that will censor social media in the country.

''I call on the Senate to take a cue from ex-Pres Jonathan who faced false reports yet NEVER tampered with Free Speech, '' Omokri said on Twitter Friday morning. ''Jonathan, at huge political cost to himself, signed Freedom of Information to law. Senate should let sleeping dogs lie! Throughout Jonathan’s presidency, no one was jailed for speaking his mind. The Senate should not reversed that legacy. What I know is that ex Pres. Jonathan would never sign such a law if it passes and I believe President Buhari wont either.

''To the Social Media community: When you cook soup with cannibals you have no one to blame if they use you as meat,'' he urged users of social media.''