Oyogist has learnt that the Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has blamed Twitter, CEO, Jack Dorsey, for the losses Nigeria incurred during the EndSARS protest.
The information minister said this while briefing a Radio Nigeria call-in programme in Abuja today June 14.
Lai Mohammed alleged that Dorsey help source funds through Bitcoins to sponsor the EndSARS protest.
Lai Mohammed alleged that the microblogging site has consistently provided its platform to secessionist groups bent at destroying the corporate existence of Nigeria.
“Twitter has become a platform of choice for a particular separatist promoter. The promoter consistently used the platform to direct his loyalists to kill Nigerian soldiers and policemen, run down INEC offices and destroy all symbols of Nigeria’s sovereignty. Every attempt to persuade Twitter to deny its platform to this separatist leader was not taken serious’’ he said
