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President Muhammadu Buharii-led federal government has directed security agencies to tackle the propagation of hate speech, especially through social media.
The order was given at a security meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja.
Mansur Dan Ali, minister of defence, had described the trend of hate speech on social media as worrisome.
Dan-Ali also told President Buhari of the findings made on the killings in some parts of the country.
He said, “The remote cause is part of the grazing root hereby we are in this country right from independence, there are clear roots where people pass. The issue of arms is all over. In that killing you are talking about, there are also militias that they also did the killing.
“Some people were caught with arms and they called themselves forest guards. There is no where in this country where arms are allowed to be carried apart from legitimate security forces.
“So anybody that is carrying any arm is illegal. Militias were caught on the same land doing the same killing. So the killing is not by any particular group, it is a communal issue.”
The order was given at a security meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja.
Mansur Dan Ali, minister of defence, had described the trend of hate speech on social media as worrisome.
Dan-Ali also told President Buhari of the findings made on the killings in some parts of the country.
He said, “The remote cause is part of the grazing root hereby we are in this country right from independence, there are clear roots where people pass. The issue of arms is all over. In that killing you are talking about, there are also militias that they also did the killing.
“Some people were caught with arms and they called themselves forest guards. There is no where in this country where arms are allowed to be carried apart from legitimate security forces.
“So anybody that is carrying any arm is illegal. Militias were caught on the same land doing the same killing. So the killing is not by any particular group, it is a communal issue.”
