Former Presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba , has sued Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey , for $1bn over the resultant violence that has marred the #EndSARS protests rocking the nation .
Dorsey had expressed his support for the #EndSARS protests across the nation .
Garba , who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, filed a fundamental human rights suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja .
The motion on notice was brought pursuant to order II Rules 1, 2, 3 of the Fundamental Rights ( Enforcement Procedure ) Rules , 2009 and Sections 34( 1) , 35( 1) and 41( 1) and 43 of the 1999 Constitution.
Others joined in the suit include the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria , the Attorney General of the Federation , the National Security Adviser , the Inspector General of Police, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the Nigeria Communications Commission.
Garba is seeking an “ order directing the 8 ( Dorsey ) and 9 ( Twitter ) respondents jointly to pay him the sum of $1bn as damages . ”
It remains to be seen how Garba will serve Twitter with the court processes since the social network giant has no office in Nigeria .
The former Presidential candidate had last week lambasted Dorsey for showing support to the protesters .
He tweeted , “ Dear @ jack . It’ ll do you a lot more good if you stay away from Nigerian Politics. You should know that the so – called #EndSARS protest have transformed into political agitation , capable of breaking law & order in our country . You should not be a moral and financial sponsor to this .
“ This is Nigeria ; most of the demands initially presented were attended to by the responsible authorities .
SARS no longer exists in this country . Your support for a disbanded entity was a needless interference . We cannot allow killings again in Nigeria in the name of protests.
“ I understand that this may play well to your business , you have more content , more people and more activity on your platform , but to us is about life, peace and security of our dear country , we cannot allow you to be part of the people sponsoring disorder. We need peace and prosperity.
“ I can see you are even sharing a link for people to donate money for this protest , an event capable of escalation beyond our already overstretched security management . If this protest continues to evolve into disorder ( hopefully not ) as a Nigerian citizen , we ’ ll meet in court . ”
