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A Nigerian lawyer has touched on the illegality of sharing screenshots of private chats without the consent of the other party.

In a video shared online, the lawyer stated that section 37 of the Nigerian constitution frowns at people sharing
screenshots of their conversations with other persons
without consent.

According to him, this is an act of violation against a person's privacy.

‘’Do you know that unless somebody grants you his consent, you don't have the right to screenshot your chats with any other person on your DM and post it on your timeline or Whatsapp status. In Nigeria, specifically in section 37 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that is a violation of the person's right to privacy.

The one that is baffling is to see people screenshotting their last chat with a dead person and posting it on their timeline or Whatsapp status.

It is a violation of the law because if that person were to be alive, he may not be comfortable with you putting out his or her chat on a public platform.''

Chapter 4 Section 37 of the Nigerian constitution reads;

‘’National Protection The right to privacy is one ofnthe fundamental human rights entrenched in thenNigerian Constitution. Section 37 of the 1999nConstitution provides that: “The privacy of citizens,ntheir homes, correspondence, telephonenconversations and telegraphic communications is hereby guaranteed and protected.”

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But it’s legal to rule 250Million Nigerians with a forged certificate


Rules in Nigeria is only meant for the poor


Bros/sis if you get money and you know say you dey your right


Any Mumu lawyer wey near you talk rubbish just target him mouth with your left fist


Tinubu has reduced these high profile lawyers to zero


Na this Tinubu case cast Nigerian lawyers nobody dey rate them again

That’s like kiss and tell right

bb

Nigeria is a free country so the people behave anyhow...

While Israel is fighting it's enemies with bombs and fighter jets, African Christians leave their fight to the god of Israel.

Only in Nigeria you'll see Christians praying for Israel that is the Gay and Homosexual capital of the middle east. Is Jesus a gay symphatiser?

So Christians are worshiping the god of Gays and Homosexuals 😂

izonborn098:
Nigeria is a free country so the people behave anyhow...

Oga keep quiet, everywhere in the world people display their screenshotted chats, this one is not a Nigerian thing.

Aside practicing lawyers not charge and bail, more than 90% of Nigerians (including me) don't know the Constitution.

This I have seen.

izonborn098:
Nigeria is a free country so the people behave anyhow...

Maybe you should go to China or North Korea then.

Well it maybe illegal on paper but I don't think it can be practical, atleast for now.
Unless you are a government official and the said chat happens to be Classified.

Aside from that, you only got your own conscience to worry about.(especially if the said text was sent to you out of trust)

But...

You should be more worried about an old school ass whooping. you know what they say...?? "Snitches get stitches!"

Problems wey screenshots don cause eh…

ok

Everyday New Law

Okay.

Go and relax

happney65:

Maybe you should go to China or North Korea then.

Just like those celebrity nudes exposed online.. abeg nothing dey happen jare

davido pikin


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHIXlHSLGcY

Even video coverage and public release of the video without the consent of the individual or organisation is an invasion of privacy. Check my signature for free stuffs!

rubbish

Na lie

ok

izonborn098:
Nigeria is a free country so the people behave anyhow...

This is not peculiar to Nigeria alone

That's absolutely correct, only right to do so with the consent of other party.

FreeStuffsNG:
Even video coverage and public release of the video without the consent of the individual or organisation is an invasion of privacy

Pure lie
You can make video of anything that is within the plain view sight. It is already public and there is no expectation of privacy anymore.
How many people with security cameras mounted outside of their homes with recording of activities even far beyond the immediate surroundings would you stop?
Except the activity is inside one’s private home, car or exclusively restricted areas, there is no exception of privacy.

Who made it illegal?

Nothing come out
Naija is a lawless country

Prison no go get space o

Including the one of scammers abi...
Dey play