In an aftermath of deleting the president of Nigeria twit, Twitter has also deleted tweets posted by leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu for violating its rules.
IPOB is an outlawed separatist group agitating for the Republic of Biafra away from Nigeria.
Twitter’s deletion of Kanu’s tweets yesterday came barely 24 hours after the federal government of Nigeria suspended the social media platform’s operations in the country.
In the controversial and ‘inciting’ tweet on Wednesday, Kanu vowed to unleash terror on Nigerian soldiers deployed to the South-east region.
He also used derogatory words to describe Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, as well as presidential media aides, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu.
Kanu wrote: “It’s not for the living to respond to the dead but given the lack of reasoning prevalent in the #Zoo Nigeria, I wish to assure @GarShehu (Garba Shehu) , the Jihadi midget @elrufai (Nasir El-Rufai) & that Fulani lapdog Femi Adesina that any army they send to #Biafraland will die there. None will return alive.”
