Decree 4

Social Media Bill: APC bringing back Decree 4 of 1984 – Ekiti Attorney-General

Social Media Bill: APC bringing back Decree 4 of 1984 – Ekiti Attorney-General

The Ekiti State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Owoseni Ajayi has expressed concern over the Anti-Media Bill proposed by All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator, Bala Ibn Na'allah, saying, "the National Assembly must not allow itself to be used to bring back Decree 4 that was used against the press between 1984 and 1985, when President Muhammadu Buhari was military Head of State and the Sedition Law that the British Colonial Masters used against our fathers, who fought for the independence of Nigeria."