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Foolish dss in a foolish country

Every of Buhari's tenure is always like this.

CSTR2:

This law is a military law.
That is why it is referred to the head of state.
The president is not a head of state.

You cannot arrest a journalist doing his job.
Trump would have jailed the whole of CNN.

*Sigh*

Another Trump asslicker. Trump's behavior is worse than an African dictator. It's the strong institutions that have helped keep him in check, and just barely.

alezzy13:


*Sigh*

Another Trump asslicker. Trump's behavior is worse than an African dictator. It's the strong institutions that have helped keep him in check, and just barely.

You missed the point totally.

Trump could not have done that because democratic institutions will not allow that.
It's undemocratic. He can't even think to do it.

Now the same applies to Nigeria. You do not arrest a journalist for doing his job.

If you do that, then stop deceiving the rest of the world that you are in a democracy.

tsephanyah:
Good in the interest of national security. Some things are too sensitive to be on paper

tsephanyah:
Good in the interest of national security. Some things are too sensitive to be on paper

your comments here always appear as though you don’t use your brain at all. Are you sure you are ok?

12Monkeys:


Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree No. 4,1984


Drafted on March 29,1984, Decree No. 4 was the most dreaded, most repressive and the last press law enacted in Nigeria. It was promulgated during the military regime of Major General Buhari which did not take kindly to press criticisms.

The law was drafted to punish authors of false statements and reports that exposed the Buhari istration and or its officials to ridicule or contempt.

Section 1, sub-sections (i), (ii) and (iii) of the law - the most formidable section - provided that:
Any person who publishes in any form, whether written or otherwise, any message,rumour, report or statement, being a message, rumour, statement or report which is false in any material particular or which brings or is calculated to bring the Federal Military Government or the Government of a state or public officer to ridicule or disrepute, shall be guilty of an offence under this Decree.

Any station for wireless telegraphy which conveys or transmits any sound or visual message, rumour, report or statement, being a message, rumour, report or statement which is false in any material particular or which brings or is calculated to bring the Federal Government or the Government of a state or a public officer to ridicule or disrepute, shall be guilty of an offence under this Decree.

It shall be an offence under this Decree for a newspaper or wireless telegraphy station in Nigeria to publish or transmit any message, rumour, report or statement which is false in any material particular stating that any public officer has in any manner been engaged in corrupt practices or has in any manner comiptly enriched himself or any other person {Gazette, 1984).


The law also conferred on the Head of State the power to ban a newspaper and to revoke the license of a wireless telegraph station in any part of the federation if such action was construed to be in the interest of the nation.

Section 2, sub-sections (i) and (ii) of the law provided that:

Where the Head of the Federal Military Government is satisfied that the unrestricted circulation in Nigeria of a newspaper is or may be detrimental to the interest of the federation or any part thereof, he may by order published in the Gazette, prohibit the circulation in the federation or in any part thereof, as the case may require, of that newspaper; and, unless any other period is prescribed in the code, the prohibition shall continue for a period of twelve months unless sooner revoked or extended, as the case may require.

Where the Head of the Federal Military Government is satisfied that the unrestricted existence in Nigeria of any wireless telegraphy station is detrimental to the interest of the federation or any part thereof, he may by an order published in the Gazette (a) revoke the license to such wireless telegraphy station under the provisions of the Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1961; or (b) order the closure or forfeiture to the Federal Military Government, as the case may be, of the wireless telegraphy station concerned (Gazette 1984).

cc omolola15

tsephanyah:
Good in the interest of national security. Some things are too sensitive to be on paper

What makes it sensitive? Let them do the right thing and spare us the sensitivity of it. This is an over-enduring patience

Na lie!..every journalist wan trend now. Arrest you? Who are you?

At end if he doesn't get arrested it doesn't matter. His name is now known.

CSTR2:

This law is a military law.
That is why it is referred to the head of state.
The president is not a head of state.

You cannot arrest a journalist doing his job.
Trump would have jailed the whole of CNN.

Isn't that what they are doing already.

The Hate speech bill is framed on this very useless Decree 4.

And you know the funny thing about Decree 4, is that even if the report is factual, the journalist can still be jailed with no further appeal for ''causing embarrassment'' to the Military junata and its officials.

Did he lie against or is telling the public the truth.You see instead of them, make it right they are considering the show of shame.You wanted to know how he use to pupu..na d same way you dey do am na he too dey do am.I Tell magazine,I Newswatch.. except you kill him..

tsephanyah:
Good in the interest of national security. Some things are too sensitive to be on paper

Id*ot

tsephanyah:
Good in the interest of national security. Some things are too sensitive to be on paper

You are trying so hard to overcome Manna as d most hated person on this platform and it would end well for you.

Decree 4 Convictions could NOT be appealed

The law also provided that offending journalists and publishers be tried by a military tribunal composed of three of the armed forces and a serving or retired High Court judge. The tribunal's ruling could not be appealed in any court. Section 8 of the press law specified punishments for offenders, and provided for a prison term of up to two years without the option of a fine. In the case of news media corporations, the decree provided for a fine of not less than 10,000 naira (Ogbondah, 1986).

Rationale behind Decree 4

What was the motive of Decree No. 4? Why was such a dreadful law enacted? One possible reason was to stave off adverse criticism of the government, especially criticism that could suggest that Major General Buhari, the Head of State, or any member of his cabinet was corrupt. Buhari was aware of the rumour that spread when he came to power after toppling the government of President Shehu Shagari that he was corrupt just like the civilian politicians he had overthrown. It was alleged that he corruptly enriched himself when he was a state military governor and also knew about the disappearance of 2.8 billion naira in oil revenue allegedly missing when he was the federal minister for petroleum.

Buhari's awareness of the rumour and his concern about the effect of the rumour regarding the 2.8 billion naira oil money scandal, could be seen from his reference to the scandal during his first interview as Head of State. During that interview, Buhari robustly defended his dealings as .oil minister. He said that a section of the press was merely crying wolf over the issue, and reiterated that no money was lost.
He said: "If there was no judicial inquiry in 1979 when I was in the U.S. War College, I would have been brought up and lynched because someone said that 2.8 billion naira was missing in a place I was for three and a half years, and where I quarreled with friends and everybody because they thought there was so much money, but I refused them access to it. Somebody just got up one day and said money was missing. . . But every body wanted to believe we stole that money" {National Concord, 1984).

The Head of State certainly had little or no doubt that someone might insinuate in the press that he was corrupt, especially when memories were still fresh of press insinuation that former Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed was corrupt. In that instance, a university law lecturer who was also the editor-in-chief of a news magazine, accused the former Head of State of corruptly enriching himself prior to coming to power. Major General Buhari's concern that someone might make similar insinuation in the press about him, and/or of the cabinet, became more apparent as the fleeing politicians he deposed from office alleged that the in-coming military rulers were as corrupt as the civilians they overthrew.

Someone said aba kyari is the president of Nigeria, that the person in Aso rock is not buhari. is it true?

tsephanyah:
Good in the interest of national security. Some things are too sensitive to be on paper

Sharrap childish talk

Patrioticman007:
This is what we call fake news. In this type of scenarios, its either the journalist wants cheap popularity or the Office of NSA spin doctors, want to gain public sympathy & , once they expect a counter attack.

Let's do some analytical reasoning, who stands to benefit from the hashtag #LeaveSamOgundipeAlone# JournalismIsNotACrime, ?. We don't have to heat up the polity, with Corona virus at hand, let's stop fake news.

My thoughts exactly. Who stands to gain more from this news? That's the question

tsephanyah:
Good in the interest of national security. Some things are too sensitive to be on paper

Like corruption snd stealing?

Jflex07:
Shit hole country!

Is America also shit hole? Because same shit happening here

tsephanyah:
Good in the interest of national security. Some things are too sensitive to be on paper

Your brain cells have been corona-lized

VillageParrot:


http://www.signalng.com/breaking-dss-moves-to-arrest-ogundipe-journalist-who-leaked-nsas-letter-on-abba-kyari/

Chidi Odinkalu
@ChidiOdinkalu



https://mobile.twitter.com/ChidiOdinkalu/status/1233709299509211136

its easier to lean towards corruption,asssss licking and falsehood in our darling nation than to be just,upright,civil and modest..

i had earlier stated my reservations about this story of CoS and NSA.

writing about istrative hegemony isn't journalism, and particularly attaching a classified internal memo to it is really not in national interest

What purpose has this piece of information achieve if not dissention among staffers of the affected persons and disgust in Nigerians.

Every understands the bureaucracy in policy implementation and red tape.

Did it not occur to him that such issues might be resolved internally and not even debatable in the public domain ? overzealousness I see here,

Let public official publicise their discontent at work or when approached by journalist, journalist have no business second guessing govt business done in the confines of their respected offices.

Gayigaskia:


Is America also shit hole? Because same shit happening here

In America, law enforcement can reject an illegal order by their commander in chief.

Can that happen in Nigeria?

Who amongst them Kyari, for giving inappropriate order bothering on national security and not only undermining the President's office, but went ahead to neglect the office of the national security advicer and the journalist who is not only doing his work, but also getting information from the supposedly parastatal who are breaching national security?

Vulcan24:
i had earlier stated my reservations about this story of CoS and NSA.

writing about istrative hegemony isn't journalism, and particularly attaching a classified internal memo to it is really not in national interest

What purpose has this piece of information achieve if not dissention among staffers of the affected persons and disgust in Nigerians.

Every understands the bureaucracy in policy implementation and red tape.

Did it not occur to him that such issues might be resolved internally and not even debatable in the public domain ? overzealousness I see here,

Let public official publicise their discontent at work or when approached by journalist, journalist have no business second guessing govt business done in the confines of their respected offices.

Given your post history, it would be foolish to expect common sense.

tsephanyah:
Good in the interest of national security. Some things are too sensitive to be on paper

Typical ZOMBIE reasoning

tsephanyah:
Good in the interest of national security. Some things are too sensitive to be on paper

wow! national security you say? Where exactly in the nation is secured?

goats! This is wot they like doing best.To gather information where Sekau hide, mbanu! Nah to dey arrest pipu wey use Bubu daughter phone number, pipu wey use bubu piv wrap boli.Baztards

I thought we still have freedom of expression in this country?