The Federal High Court in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has ordered Lai Mohammed, former minister of Information and Culture and the ministry of information to disclose the details of the agreement between the federal government and X, formerly Twitter, to assess whether the agreement complies with the exercise of Nigerians’ human rights online.
The judgement was delivered in May 2024 by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba following a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC/L/CS/238/2022, brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The certified true copy of the judgment was obtained last Friday.
In his judgment, Justice Dimgba held that “The former minister and the Ministry of Information are directed and compelled to provide a copy of the agreement between the Nigerian Government and Twitter to SERAP solely to ascertain its impact on the protection of fundamental human rights of Nigerians.”
