Twitter suspension in Nigeria exposes spineless Senate's shame, again [Pulse Editor's Opinion]

The 9th Senate has given Buhari too much room to trample on the nation's democratic foundations.

Even before the 9th National Assembly was inaugurated in June 2019, it was already declared by many as the rubber stamp and the plaything of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Two years since that inauguration, both the Senate and House of Representatives have done little to shake that tag, or prove it incorrect.

The president's autocratic streak reared its ugly head, again, last week when he decided to suspend the operations of American social media service, Twitter, in Nigeria.

While many believe the decision was an outburst from previously bottled anger especially regarding last October's #EndSARS protest, Twitter's decision to delete his tweet, reported by many for being harmful, was the trigger for the president to trample on the rights of millions to access the platform.

By Samson Toromade.

Full story at Pulse NG.