Hate Speech Bill: Scrap It, Send It to Singapore Where It Came From, Femi Fani-Kayode Tells Sabi Abdullahi

  • Femi Fani-Kayode says the Hate Speech Bill must be sent back to Singapore where it came from.
  • Fani-Kayode tells Sabi Abdullahi to apologise to Nigerians over the bill.

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that the entire Hate Speech Bill should be scrapped.

Fani-Kayode, who is a now a staunch critic of the presidency and the All Progressives Congress took to his Twitter page to call for total revocation of the bill.

READ: The Intention of Hate Speech Bill Is to Ensure Nigeria Remains United – Sabi Abdullahi

Yesterday, sponsor of the bill, Sabi Abdullahi, has said that the controversial bill which proposed “death by hanging” for offenders, would be reworked to suit the wishes of Nigerians before passage.

The Bill had already passed through first reading on the floor of the Senate.

According to to Bill,“A person who uses, publishes, presents, produces, plays, provides, distributes and/or directs the performance of any material, written and/or visual, which is threatening, abusive or insulting or involves the use of threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour” committed an offence.

Fani-Kayode has also told the sponsor of the bill to apologise to Nigerians for trying to trample on their freedom of expression.

READ: Sponsor of Hate Speech Bill Bows to Pressure, Sets to Fine Tune Provisions

“Removing the death penalty for so-called “hate speech” is not enough. You must scrap the entire Bill,send it back to Singapore where it came from, get on ur knees & ask God & the people for forgiveness for having the temerity to try to deprive them of their right to speak freely,” he tweeted.

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

One thought on “Hate Speech Bill: Scrap It, Send It to Singapore Where It Came From, Femi Fani-Kayode Tells Sabi Abdullahi

  • November 27, 2019 at 3:59 pm
    Permalink

    Nigerian is a 3 nations, the East, the West and the North forced up to become what it is today. Nobody should take undue advantage of this. Emmdiate family members do break apart when necesary. What about it if it break apart ? Nigeria cannot be force to be one by use of gate-speach bill. Its all nonsence. Its like the 9th senate has no better job to do.

    Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *