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A police officer talks to a protester during a demonstration in Lagos, against bad governance, insecurity, and the ban of social media platform X (then known as Twitter) by the Nigerian presidency, on June 12, 2021.

A police officer talks to a protester during a demonstration in Lagos, against bad governance, insecurity, and the ban of social media platform X (then known as Twitter) by the Nigerian presidency, on June 12, 2021.

Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images.

Is Nigeria’s Cybercrimes Act Being Misused?

In light of the Erisco Foods versus Chioma Okoli case, legal experts have been calling the law — meant to regulate online activity — into question.