Business
Updated: October 15, 2020

IPI CEO Threatens To Take Twitter Founder To Court For Supporting ENDSARS

By Olalekan Fakoyejo
October 15, 2020
0

The Chief Executive Officer of IPI Solutions, a digital and IT company, Adamu Garba, has threatened to take Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey, to court for supporting the #ENDSARS and #ENDSWAT protest which has been ongoing for over a week.

Garba said the protest has nosedived into political agitation, so Dorsey shouldn't interfere with Nigerian politics, neither should he be a moral and financial sponsor of the protesters. He made the comment following an "ENDSARS" tweet from Dorsey, which he accompanied with a donation link tweet.

Garba, who had also campaigned as a Presidential aspirant in Nigeria, further stated, "Dear @jack, It’ll do you a lot more good if you stay away from Nigerian Politics. You should know that the so-called #EndSARS protest have transformed into political agitation, capable of breaking law & order in our country. You should not be a moral & financial sponsor to this.

"This is Nigeria, most of the demands initially presented was attended to by the responsible authorities. SARS no longer exist in this country. Your support for a disbanded entity was a needless interference. We cannot allow killings again in Nigeria in the name of protests." AllNews gathered from Garba's tweet.

Garba Question Dorsey's Motive, Ready To Go To Court

Garba in his statement further accused the Twitter founder of tweeting in support of ENDSARS in order to push his social media platform, as more engagements on Twitter will be good for his business. Garba said he won't allow Dorsey to be part of the protest sponsors.

He said if the protest leads to disorder, he will sue Dorsey for his involvement, "I understand that this may play well to your business, you have more content, more people & more activity on your platform, but to us is about life, peace & security of our dear Country, we cannot allow you to be part of the people sponsoring disorder. We need peace & prosperity.

"I can see you are even sharing a link for people to donate money for this protest, an event capable of escalation beyond our already overstretched security management. If this protest continued to evolved into disorder (hopefully not). As a Nigerian citizen, we’ll meet in court."