SHILOH 2019.. Bishop David Oyedepo blast FG on hate speech bill

The ongoing Shiloh 2019 at canaanland Ota Ogun state, The Bishop and the founder of Living Faith Church A.K.A Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo blast FG for saying that hate speech is bad and anybody found guilty of hate speech should have death sentence.

You introduce freedom of speech and you said that people should not talk when things are going wrong.

The Economy of Nigeria is not good that's why people are talking. Nothing is working in Nigeria that's why people are talking.

You want to hang people with hate speech and free people looting our Economy.

Change from your evil ways or face God in Action. Bishop Oyedepo.

Death or a life sentence

The proposed law says that any person who commits an offence of the kind described could be jailed for life. If the actions are found to have caused loss of life, the punishment can be death by hanging. However, there are indications that the part of the bill dealing with the death sentence could be removed, according to recent comments made by Senator Abdullahi, in which he recognized strong resistance. ''Given the high respect which we have for Nigerians, we will make amendments to the death penalty aspect that most Nigerians objected to […] Clearly, from the conversations, Nigerians agree that we have a problem today as a result of hate speech which has fuelled so many killings and violence,'' the senator said.

Information Minister Lai Mohammed is considering a review of the broadcast media law

The government also aims to implement more stringent laws regulating the media. Information and Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed recently said that the laws passed 27 years ago needed to be re-evaluated. He added that the new bill ''will address the existing lacunae in the areas of the regulation of the Internet,'' among others.

Under the new laws, fines for erring broadcast media organizations will be moved upward from 500,000 Nigerian Naira (N) (€1,252) to N5 million for hate speech and related offences.