Cybercrime Act: SERAP urges Buhari to rein in Nigeria Police

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently instruct the Nigeria Police to stop using Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act to target and arbitrarily detain journalists and critics.

SERAP said the ECOWAS Court in a suit brought by SERAP had ruled that Section 24 of Nigeria’s Cybercrime Act was vague, arbitrary, and unlawful.

SERAP added that it was contrary to the rule of law for the police to charge anyone with supposed “cyberstalking.”

Section 24 is INVALID!

ECOWAS Court: “Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act does not define the parameters or elements of the crime that it typifies, it cannot pass the test of legality since, by its nature, it will be arbitrary. Therefore, the Court finds Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act UNLAWFUL.”