The Nigerian Government has said that Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey, are responsible for all the losses the country suffered during the EndSARS protest last year.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this on Tuesday when he featured on a Radio Nigeria call-in programme.
He alleged that Dorsey raised funds through Bitcoin to sponsor the EndSARS protest while his platform, Twitter, was used to fuel the crisis.
According to Lai Mohammed, when he made the allegations earlier, Nigerians did not take him seriously until an online media outfit carried out investigation and fact-checking, which confirmed that Dorsey retweeted some posts by some of the coalition, foreign and local supporters of the EndSARS protest.
The Minister said; “If you ask people to donate money via bitcoins for EndSARS protesters, then you are vicariously liable for whatever is the outcome of the protest.
“We have forgotten that EndSARS led to loss of lives, including 37 policemen, six soldiers, 57 civilians while property worth billions of naira were destroyed.
“164 police vehicles and 134 police stations were razed to the ground. 265 private corporate organization were looted while 243 public property were looted.
“81 warehouses were looted while over 200 brand new buses bought by the Lagos State Government were burnt to ashes.”