Nigeria: Senate President Calls for Social Media Censorship · Global Voices
Nwachukwu Egbunike

The President of Nigeria's Senate, David Mark, recently advocated clamping down on social media in the country. Many netizens perceived his comments as a declaration of battle on the Nigerian web.
According to Tuale Naija:
David Mark, Senate President of Nigeria (Photo source: amazonaws.com)
Netizens: the Nigerian politician's nightmare?
Mr Mark is justified, because, you see, there’s so much money can buy; and there’s even much more plenty of money can buy. The more money you make without working, the more you want to spend without sweat. He pays himself N600 million from Nigeria’s treasury in one year. That isn’t heavenly or biblical year. It is earthly year as we know it; twelve calendar months, the one within which Barack Obama, the United States president, earns N60 million.
What Mr. Mark pays himself in one year is the salary of a US president for ten (yes, ten!) good years. What Nigeria’s number three citizen takes home, legally, in one year, is what the number one citizen of the world’s biggest economy, and only remaining super-power, earns in ten years… You see why he has to checkmate social media? You can’t have access to such amounts of free money without being sensitive to any avenue through which opposition rears its envious head… So for taking home N600 million for doing nothing, why will David Mark not feel threatened by social media?
Nigerian netizens have jumped gatekeepers!
For one who once said that telephones are not for the poor…
Once a soldier, always…
David Mark's career in the Nigerian Army is highlighted in his online biography:
David Mark had an exciting knowledge filled experience as a young telecommunications engineer in the Army and gradually rising from the position of a Junior officer to the position of a Senior officer… After He graduated from Nigeria's apex military training school, the Command and Staff College (CSC) in Jaji, Kaduna, he was posted to the Corps of signals as Commandant… During the David Mark's political appointment in the military he was probably the youngest member of the Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC), the highest decision making body in the country then. Even the discerning critiques of the militray politics knew that Mark was a very influential member of the AFRC.
@ged: We're taking comedians serious. This is not military era. If David Bonaventure Mark cannot stand the heat, he can as well quit the kitchen.
@PUREHAIRE: David Mark sha…his mumu talk sometimes sef. When 2015 nears, they'll rush to the social media to solicit for votes but now, we r insulting.
@ged:  …or maybe David Bonaventure Mark was envious of Goodluck Ebelemi Jonathan, wanted his own share of the social media attention. Just maybe.
@Fabiaski: Please is the bearer of this name (David Bonaventure Mark) a Nigerian citizen? cc @ged @omojuwa @ogundamisi
@Nedu64: Apparently, David Mark underestimated this community.I will watch the bashing!
The witch cried at night and the baby died in the morning?
Chinedu Ekweke's (@ekekeee) blog post went viral on the Nigerian's blogosphere. It was a beautiful response to David Mark's comments and enjoyed many re-tweets. But soon after, complains of inability to access his blog flourished on Twitter.
@ekekeee: We are sorry at the turn of events this morning. EkekeeeDOTcom is unfortunately not coming up. Our technical team is working to restore it.
@PUREHAIRE: @TKSlam @egbas @ekekeee A case of the Witch cried at night & the baby died in the morning! David Mark's hooligans are working.
@PUREHAIRE: @ekekeee.Waaaat???? They got to your site? David Mark and co have denied me of a three course meal…
@thenaijaseer: Is dis d best GEJ, David Mark, and Doyin Okupe can do? Bring their Boko Haraism online?
@egbas: The hackers will not win, that's for sure. This will strengthen the @ekekeee team even more. EkekeeeDOTcom hasn't even scratched d surface.
@zebbook: @PIN2015's website integritynigeria.com and @ekekeee's blog ekekeee.com were hacked within 48 hours of David Mark's statement
@batarhe: @ekekeee good thing I read it before the son of Mark descended on the site