The Founder and General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministry Worldwide, Pastor William Kumuyi, has explained that his church will continue to use the American microblogging platform despite a ban by Nigerian authorities.
Kumuyi said the church has branches across 100 countries and five continents hence it can tweet from anywhere in the world.
The cleric, who recently clocked 80, said this via the social networking service on Monday while reacting to the suspension of the platform by the Federal Government and a threat by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to Nigerians still using it.
He tweeted, “In view of the Twitter ban in Nigeria, please note that the content shared on this handle is targeted at a global audience in more than five continents and over 100 nations and we share the content from any of these locations.”
Kumuyi’s tweet came barely hours after the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, defied the Federal Government’s order directing Nigerians to stop using Twitter.
Adeboye said his church is present across the world and tweeting is in accordance with Article 19 of the United Nations universal declaration of human rights.
The tweet read, “The Redeemed Christian Church of God is domiciled in more than 170 nations and territories. The tweets here arbyth Article 19 of the United Nations universal declaration of human rights.”
The Federal Government had last Friday suspended Twitter barely two days after the social media platform deleted a tweet by President Buhari which many Nigerians believed was repugnant.
