One of Nigeria’s most influential Christian clerics and General Overseer of the Redeem Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says tweets by his church are in accordance with the United Nations declaration on human rights, irrespective of the controversial ban on Twitter by the Nigerian government.
Pastor Adeboye’s church, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has millions of followers across Nigeria and globally.
“The Redeemed Christian Church of God is domiciled in more than 170 Nations & Territories. The tweets here are in accordance to Article 19 of the UN universal declaration of Human Rights,” he wrote via his official Twitter account on Monday.
Pastor Adeboye reacted to allegations that he flouted the order of the federal government suspending the use of the microblogging platform, Twitter.
Nigeria’s information minister, Lai Mohammed, announced a ban on the activities of the microblogging platform on Friday.
The Minister also disclosed that the federal government had ordered the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to “immediately commence the process of licensing all OTT and social media operations in Nigeria.”
The suspension is due to Twitter’s deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s prolific tweet about the civil war after some Nigerian users flagged it.
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