Nigerian Court Says Plan To Monitor WhatsApp Messages Illegal

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari.<br />The group is asking the court to declare illegal and unconstitutional the plan by the administration to track, intercept and monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and text messages of Nigerians and other people, as it severely threatens and violates the right to the preservation of privacy.”<br />SERAP is seeking a declaration that any monitoring of WhatsApp messages, phone calls and text messages is oppressive and draconian, as it threatens and violates sections 37 and 39 of the Nigerian Constitution 1999 as amended.