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Inibehe Sues Lai Mohammed, NBC For Raising Hate Speech Fine From N500,000 To N5m - Politics - Nairaland 462x13

Inibehe Sues Lai Mohammed, NBC For Raising Hate Speech Fine From N500,000 To N5m (14455 Views)

NwekeUG(m): 1:23pm On Aug 18, 2020

Lawyer Sues Lai Mohammed, NBC For Raising Hate Speech Fine From N500,000 To N5m (Photo)

IgbereTV reports that human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has sued the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; the Federal Government, and the National Broadcasting Commission for arbitrarily amending the Broadcast Code and hiking the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5m.

The NBC had threatened that any TV or radio station that allows elected officials to be insulted on its platform would be fined N5m or shut down.

Effiong in his ing affidavit told the court that the actions of the NBC, the Minister of Information and the Federal Government had gravely affected his freedom of expression and that of broadcast stations, broadcasters and other Nigerian citizens who also appear as guests on radio and television stations to express critical views about the government and public officeholders.

The lawyer argued that “abusing” or “insulting” the government cannot be criminalised in a democracy.

The lawyer also asked the court to nullify and set aside the penalty of fines or other penalties imposed on broadcast stations by the NBC.

No date has been fixed for hearing of the suit.

https://igberetvnews.com/1361744/lawyer-sues-lai-mohammed-nbc-raising-hate-speech-fine-n500000-n5m-photo/

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Turningmoon(f): 1:55pm On Aug 18, 2020

Good one.
Lai Mohammed has made more hate speech than ordinary Nigerians.

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helinues: 2:03pm On Aug 18, 2020

Maxymilliano(m): 2:11pm On Aug 18, 2020

Good move by the lawyer.

The ladder the APC used to climb into government is hate speech, now it has been migrated into a criminal offense with a 500m penalty.

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Luckydubby7(m): 3:36pm On Aug 18, 2020

Is there any single thing Nigerians benefited from this apc government since they assumed power 2015? Na them increased fuel, increased electricity tariff, increased vat, introduced stamp duty, conducted the most violence elections(osun, kano, Kogi, etc, they brought difference kind of killers groups, to mention but a few.

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orunto27: 5:39pm On Aug 18, 2020

It should not be more than N5000

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Flexherbal(m): 6:37pm On Aug 18, 2020

IgbereTV reports that human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has sued the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; the Federal Government, and the National Broadcasting Commission for arbitrarily amending the Broadcast Code and hiking the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5m.

Nigeria matter hard ooo!

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GboyegaD(m): 7:22pm On Aug 18, 2020

It isbtime we use the law to reduce the tyranny of this present government.

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PureGoldh(m): 7:23pm On Aug 18, 2020

Oil dey pon the lawyer's head.

9ja government don't know anything about human rights....all they know is to dey talk talk anyhow (clueless set of people)

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Lexusgs430: 7:24pm On Aug 18, 2020

It's about time........

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DigitalyYours: 7:24pm On Aug 18, 2020

Lol....

Ironically, they will charge him the N5m. Because sueing and protest is hate speech to this government

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amiibaby(f): 7:24pm On Aug 18, 2020

Good move

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Finnese001: 7:24pm On Aug 18, 2020

IntellectOzone(m): 7:24pm On Aug 18, 2020

Good
Hopes it comes out positive

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Kobicove(m): 7:24pm On Aug 18, 2020

Attention seeker...

Better keep quiet and go and enjoy the "Change" you voted for undecided

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Blackpromise(m): 7:25pm On Aug 18, 2020

The country is already filled with hate!

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Austineva(m): 7:25pm On Aug 18, 2020

Good for them grin

. Zombies right now

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mayklef(m): 7:25pm On Aug 18, 2020

even d animals are not allowed to talk or complain....worst zoo ever

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Sunnycliff(m): 7:26pm On Aug 18, 2020

Gagging the freedom of speech is the most brazen form of tyranny. How much is hate speech in America against Trump? How many did he arrest?

Thunder fire them

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overseer1(m): 7:26pm On Aug 18, 2020

The Lawyer wants to trend.

Behold his name is everywhere now

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overseer1(m): 7:27pm On Aug 18, 2020

Smells foul play

Commentor: 7:27pm On Aug 18, 2020

Waste of time.

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Baawaa(m): 7:27pm On Aug 18, 2020

The lawyer is less busy

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Sacchi1162(m): 7:28pm On Aug 18, 2020

The only proof that we're in a democracy setting is the periodic elections and that's all... No freedom of speech, association, expression even religious belief sef

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IamWonderful: 7:29pm On Aug 18, 2020

Effort in futility

lexy2014: 7:31pm On Aug 18, 2020

NwekeUG:

https://igberetvnews.com/1361744/lawyer-sues-lai-mohammed-nbc-raising-hate-speech-fine-n500000-n5m-photo/

It was issues like this that civil& human rights activitists fought for in time past especially during d military era. D likes of ayo obe, femi falana, d late gani fawehimi, d late bamidele aturu, olisa agbakogba, wole soyinka and even festus keyamo. For some strange reasons, there has been a defeaning silence as if we no longer have a civil & human rights community any more

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goshen26: 7:31pm On Aug 18, 2020

It is well

I can still vividly when Lai Muhammed was the PRO of APC

Jonathan is really a gentleman

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