The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday described the Federal Government’s suspension of the microblogging platform, Twitter as a draconian action and a slide towards a fascist regime in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had earlier on Friday announced the suspension of Twitter activities in Nigeria. The minister said in a statement the federal government banned Twitter because of its persistent use for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence. However, PDP in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, declared that the suspension of Twitter was a vexatious, condemnable and barbaric move to muzzle Nigerians, particularly the youths, in a bid to prevent them from holding the government accountable for its atrocities against Nigerians. The party expressed surprise that the government could exhibit “such primitive intolerance and power intoxication because Twitter demonstrated international best practices in not allowing the Buhari presidency to use the platform to propagate and spread its hatred towards Nigerians.” The statement read: “The PDP insists that rather than being a platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence as claimed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Nigerians, particularly the youths, have been using the social media platform, largely, for activities that promote unity as well as social, economic and commercial interaction in our country.