General Overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said that his church will not comply with the directive by the Federal government that Nigerians should no longer use Twitter.
The government suspended all activities of Twitter in Nigeria last week. Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami also ordered the prosecution of any Nigerian still using the micro-blogging site.
Perhaps for effectiveness, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to order all telecoms companies in the country to block access to Twitter.
The directive has been largely criticised with many arguing that it is an encroachment on the rights to free press and media.
In a series of tweets on his personal twitter handle, Adeboye wrote: “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.”