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ECOWAS Court orders FG to repeal/amend cybercrime law

Published by The Nation on Fri, 10 Jul 2020


By Eric Ikhilae, AbujaThe Community Court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to either repeal or amend its law on cybercrime to align with its obligation under Article 1 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.The court made the order on Friday in a judgment on a suit filed by the incorporated trustees of Laws and Rights Awareness Initiative, challenging the competence of Nigerias Cybercrime (Prohibition and Prevention) Act 2015.A three-man panel of the court held that portions of the law violated Nigerians right to freedom of expression.Justice Januaria T.S. Moreira Costa, in the lead judgment, held the Nigerian government liable for the violation of the right to freedom of expression by the adoption of Section 24 of its 2015 Cybercrime Act.Other members of the panel were Justices Dupe Atoki (presiding) and Keikura Bangura.The court rejected, for lack of evidence, other claims made by the plaintiff in relation to the contention that the law violated its members right to freedom of expression.It ordered each party to bear its own cost.Read Also:Court declines Okorochas request to stop probe by EFCC, Imo panelThe plaintiff had, in the suit marked: ECW/CCJ/APP/53/18 filed on 6 November 2018 by its lawyer, Chukwudi Ajaegbo, claimed among others, that its members freedom of expression on the internet or in the use of computer devices was limited/breached by Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act 2015.It also claimed that nine of its collaborators were arrested and detained in connection with the enforcement of the provision of Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act in violation of Articles 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and 39 of the Nigerias Constitution.The plaintiff argued that Section 24 contained vague concepts that allowed for arbitrary interpretation and application, and that the restrictions it imposes were not reasonably justifiable as they did not pursue legitimate objectives, necessary nor proportional.The Nigerian Government, in a counter-argument, faulted the plaintiffs claims and insisted that Section 24 of its Cybercrime Act 2015 was adopted as a legislative measure to give effect to freedom of expression as provided in Article 9(2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, and was in accordance with provisions of Section 39(3) of the countrys 1999 Constitution.
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