By
John Owen Nwachukwu :
Senator Shehu Sani has
envisioned what Nigeria would look like when security agencies start monitoring
social media posts.
The Nigerian army said yesterday that it has put machineries in
place to commencemonitoring hate speeches against the government and
the military.
The Director of Defence
Information, Major-General John Enenche, had said that the move became
necessary in the light of troubling activities and misinformation capable of
jeopardizing the unity of the country.
He said that the social
media had always been a challenge all over the world and for the military, it
was no different.
This came barely 24
hours after President Muhammadu Buhari met with service chiefs and ordered them
to strengthen their operations all over the country.
But reacting to the
development, Senator Sani pointed out that Nigeria will take the shape of
George Orwell’s authoritarian novel, “1984” where the activities of the
citizens were keenly monitored by Big Brother.
In a Facebook post, the
Senator noted, “When security agencies monitors postings on social media, then
we are now in a ‘Big Brother state’.”