Group Defies Police Order, Stages Peaceful Protest Against Cybercrime Act In Osun

Some members of a civil society group under the aegis of Take-It-Back Movement (TIB), on Monday, staged a peaceful protest demanding the immediate repeal of the “controversial” Cybercrime Act.

The protesters who converged at Olaiya flyover marched through Station road, Oja Oba and later terminated their possession at Olaiya, Osogbo, state capital.

CityMirrorNews reports that the police and other security operatives were also on ground monitoring the situation so as to ensure there was no breakdown of law and order.

Addressing newsmen at the side line of the protest, the Coordinator, Osun Take It Back Movement, Lijofi Victor, stated that the protest was organised to raise awareness about the implications of the law.

According to him, “We are out today because of the recent cybercrime act, we are against it because we want our freedom of speech.

“Many people have been imprisoned because they are speaking up which we are saying no to.

“The Mr. President himself had led series of protests and has talked and criticized certain things, but right now they want to silence us, which we are saying no to.

“We are not going to accept that until when he’s ready to change it.

“Help us to remove the cyber act and give us the freedoms of speech that we want.

“We want to speak out we don’t want anybody to imprison us, we want to have the autonomy of our speech.

“A whole lot of journalists, security agents and civilians have been arrested across the country because they are speaking up their minds, now they are bringing an act that will back it up so you can jail us? We are saying no to it.

“We continue the protest until they are ready to listen to us,”he concluded .
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