Nigerians have taken to their Twitter handle to reply former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for saying the closure of AIT is politically motivated.
Nigerians while reacting to his comment have reminded him that freedom of the press does not mean media terrorism while some even went as far as reminding him that something similar has happened during his tenure as vice president.
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During ur time in govt, Rotimi Durojaiye of Daily Independent & Gboyega Aruleba of AIT were arrested after security agents invaded AIT. Bukhari Bello, head of the National Human Rights Commission was sacked after criticising d arrest..We would never forget.
— Lukemon Owolabi (@lukemonowolabi) June 7, 2019
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He has forgotten that Channels was once closed during Obj term
— Lagos LandLord™🇳🇬🇬🇠(@CHIEFAGBABIAKA) June 6, 2019
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Freedom of the Press does not warrant Media Terrorism. There are guidelines and a regulator. Be broad minded in reasoning
— Aniekan (@inuaikang) June 6, 2019
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You have 27 children, call them to come out for demonstration, we’ll join you at the viewing center.
— Erha Solomon (@erhasolomon) June 6, 2019
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Thanks for reminding him. AIT should have long be closed. They have gone beyond journalism. It is a campaign station and that was why I stopped watching the station because of half baked information they share. It is all about hate speech. I don’t belong to any party. Recall the hate speech against PMB in the wake to the 2015 general elections. I was disgusted