Fayose Reveals What Twitter, Facebook & Instagram Should Do To Buhari

Following the Federal government’s decision to halt Twitter’s activities in Nigeria, Ayo Fayose, the former governor of Ekiti State, has called on Twitter and other social media networks to permanently remove President Muhammadu Buhari’s accounts.

Nigerians had demanded for President Buhari’s account to be suspended after he said that “individuals or groups who want to harm his government will be handled in a language they understand.”

Following the development, Twitter removed the tweet on Wednesday, citing a rule violation.

The Federal Government, on the other hand, announced the suspension of the microblogging website on Friday.

The suspension was announced during a press conference by Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, who highlighted the platform’s continued usage for actions that threaten Nigeria’s business survival as the cause for the suspension.

In a tweet, the former Governor responded, saying, “Those opposing Nigerians’ right to freedom of expression should not have such privilege themselves.”

According to him, the Buhari administration should not be permitted to have any social media accounts since it has refused to enable innocent Nigerians to use their right to free expression.

”I said it before and let me reiterate it again that it is only a ‘Jonah’ in a ship that can make such pronouncement, suspending Twitter from the country. God, please save us from President Buhari, ‘the Jonah in our ship’.

“Those undermining the rights of Nigerians to freedom of expression should themselves not enjoy such right.

“Therefore, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other Social media platforms should deactivate all accounts associated with @MBuhari and his government as done in Turkey in 2020 for us to have peace in Nigeria,” he wrote.

Meanwhile, Micro blogging platform, Twitter, has finally shut down in Nigeria.