Michael Ajereh widely known as Don Jazzy, and Tiwatope Savage popularly known as Tiwa Savage, were invited by the Department of State Serviced and the Police for questioning over alleged political utterances against the administration of President Muhamamdu Buhari.
The Duo were invited to the DSS office in Lagos two weeks ago during which they were warned against posting anything in opposition to the President’s administration.
Following recent attacks and rape cases across Nigeria especially against women, Tiwa Savage began a movement on the social media termed as “WeAreTired” in protest of the situation.
The musician called on President Buhari’s administration to take action to stem the tide of rape in the country.
After the questioning, Don Jazzy who is known to be very active on Twitter has toned down his participation and has deleted posts as far back as 2015, while Tiwa savage has deleted her posts involved with the “WeAreTired” movement.
Don Jazzy and Tiwa Savage have been trending on twitter and Nigerians have taken to twitter to express their dissatisfaction and agitation, claiming this act of silencing was carried out on Innocent Idibia ‘2Baba’ sometime last year.
Is their freedom of speech and expression restricted in a Democratic nation as Nigeria?