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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former military head of state, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has informed the President Muhammadu Buhari government that it cannot intimidate Nigerians.<\/p>\n

He said this during an interview with Arise TV at his Hilltop mansion in Minna, the Niger State capital.<\/p>\n

Babangida was asked to comment on recent developments including media repression and intimidation of journalists.<\/p>\n

The federal authorities\u2019 measures against press freedom, Twitter, as well as the threat to prosecute social media users triggered local and international condemnation.<\/p>\n

The Nigerian government, on June 4, ordered internet service providers to suspend access to Twitter.<\/p>\n

The sanction followed the deletion of the President\u2019s tweet for violation of rules. The government later stopped broadcast stations from tweeting.<\/p>\n

On June 22, Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, in reference to the End SARS protests, accused Twitter of funding an uprising against the state.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the United States of America said social media restrictions in Nigeria and the threat to sue defaulters weaken the rights of the people.<\/p>\n

In his reaction, Babangida was short of saying the Buhari administration was wasting its time with actions targeted at free press and access to information.<\/p>\n

\u201cNigerians are wonderful people, I always say this. You cannot intimidate them\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

IBB, however, strongly denied the widespread view that he muzzled the media during his regime.<\/p>\n

Babangida stressed that he deserves credit for breaking the monopoly in the broadcast industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t stifle the media. I liberalized the media. That is why today you have several private media stations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reacting to his nicknames, Babangida again blamed the Fourth Estate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not call myself evil genius or Maradona, the media did,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I am happy with the meaning of Maradona. The definition, according to the media, is someone with deep political moves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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