Stop mass phone tapping now – SERAP urges Tinubu

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Bola Tinubu to nonstop Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, to instantly retreat the Lawful Interception of Communications Regulations, 2019.

According to SERAP, the regulations are “unconstitutional, unlawful, and wholly inconsistent with Nigeria’s planetary obligations.”

This was contained successful a missive dated 21 February 2026 and signed by SERAP lawman director, Kolawole Oluwadare.

The organisation emphasized the urgent request for a transparent legislative process to guarantee immoderate lawful interception model complies with law safeguards, judicial oversight, and planetary quality rights standards.

The telephone comes successful the aftermath of allegations by erstwhile Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai that the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu’s telephone speech was intercepted.

El-Rufai reportedly stated, “The NSA’s telephone was tapped. They bash that to our calls too, and we heard him saying they should apprehension me.”

SERAP described the regulations arsenic establishing “a sweeping wide surveillance authorities that violates Nigerians’ constitutionally and internationally guaranteed quality ri...