Phone tapping: Surveillance regulations could be used against civilians, govt critics -SERAP

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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, says surveillance regulations could beryllium utilized against civilians and those captious of the government.

Deputy Director of SERAP, Kolawole Oluwadare, made this connection connected Monday portion fielding questions successful an interrogation connected Arise Television.

His remark comes aft allegations by the erstwhile Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai that the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu’s telephone speech was intercepted.

Recall that El-Rufai reportedly claimed that helium and different idiosyncratic tapped the telephone telephone of the NSA.

Airing his ain opinion, Oluwadare said, “With the benignant of value and powerfulness this benignant of regularisation has, it should spell done the legislative process and nationalist hearing. These regulations volition instrumentality distant large rights Nigerians have.

“The existent regulations governing interception whitethorn not beryllium indispensable successful their contiguous form. Concerns beryllium regarding the wording of these laws, the provisions for civilian liberties safeguards, and the imaginable for misuse.

“It is unclear however agencies similar the DSS oregon the Offi...