Sweden has reacted to the Federal Government’s suspension of the operations of the micro blogging and social networking service, Twitter.
Earlier, the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed had announced the “indefinite” suspension of the microblogging site on Friday.
Sweden’s embassy in Nigeria, in a terse post via its Twitter handle, noted Nigerians have the constitutional right to exercise their freedom of expression.
It further stated that the constitutional right must be respected.
“Nigerians have a constitutional right to exercise their freedom of expression and a right to access of information. This must be respected
“Safeguarding free, independent media and civic spaces for democratic voices is an important part of Sweden’s
#DriveForDemocracy #TwitterBan,” Sweden stated.
