The Federal Government has ordered the prosecution of Nigerians using the Virtual Private Networks (VPN) to access Twitter.

The Federal Government, through the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, on Saturday, directed the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation to begin immediate prosecution of those who violate the Federal Government’s order suspending Twitter operations in Nigeria.

This was disclosed in a statement by Malami’s spokesman, Umar Gwandu, titled, ‘Twitter ban: Malami orders prosecution of offenders.’

Thelagostimes recalls that the Federal Government, had on Friday June 4, ordered the indefinite suspension of the micro-blogging website, Twitter.

The statement by the AGF reads: “Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has directed the immediate prosecution of offenders of the Federal Government ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria.

“Malami directed the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation at the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, to swing into action and commence in earnest the process of prosecution of violators of the Federal Government De-activation of operations of Twitter in Nigeria.

“Malami directed the DPPF to liaise with the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, National Communication Communication and other relevant government agencies to ensure the speedy prosecution of offenders without any further delay.”