Independent NG
Following the suspension of the micro-blogging site, Twitter by the Federal Government, the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Saturday said that the suspension has exposed President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda to Islamize tbe country.
The separatist group Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful who made this known in a statement said the Twitter ban in Nigeria confirmed that Nigeria was under “hostage by Islamic fundamentalists and terror apologists.”
DAILY INDEPENDENT had reported that the Federal Government on Friday announced the suspension of Twitter for aiding secessionists.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed had said some Nigerians were using Twitter platforms to carry out activities that endangers the country’s unity.
Recall that the suspension by the Nigerian government comes days after a post by President Muhammadu Buhari on the 1967 civil war was deleted by the microblogging platform.
Reacting to the sudden suspension, IPOB described President Buhari as a tyrant who does not have the interest of his citizen at heart.
The statement read, “This wicked action of the Fulani-controlled federal government is nothing but a confirmation that Nigeria is under hostage by Islamic fundamentalists and terror apologists.
“This is further proof that Buhari is a tyrant and dictator whose only agenda is how to Fulanis and Islamise Nigeria.
“The tyrant Buhari was not the only President to be sanctioned by Twitter for posting hate speech but none of them ever shut down the platform in their country.
“As powerful as the former US President Donald Trump was, he never ordered the pulling down of Twitter platform from the US when the social media giant suspended his account.”
Recall that the Nigerian Government yesterday
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