In reaction to the threat he issued against those whom he said want his administration to fail, Nigerians are demanding the suspension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Twitter handle.
Mr Buhari had on Tuesday vowed to deploy in his civil war experience in dealing with growing insecurity across the nation.
He made the threat after meeting with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War,” Buhari tweeted. “Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand.”
Angered by his remarks which many described as genocidal, Nigerians called on the owner of the micro-blogging site, Jack Dorsey, to suspend the account of their president like he did to that of former president of the United States of America, Donald Trump.
Below are some reactions captured by this reporter.
I'm deeply shocked that a president of a democratic country will publicly tweet this out to the whole world, laying threats on innocent citizens, more especially targeting and ethnic group is mind blowing@jack @TwitterSupport this account should be banned ASAP@UN @UKParliament https://t.co/SLtKkF3tb1
— chungli ✌️ (@edwardsong__) June 1, 2021
https://twitter.com/FRBandits/status/1399809739173814273?s=20
This is a terrorist statement. @Twitter is high time to ban @MBuhari he is instigating violence and war. @POTUS @UN @amnesty https://t.co/GBjDbuadWd
— Madụ Ọma (@Maduomatemple) June 1, 2021
Let no sleep come to your eye until we have made sure that @jack suspended this account! https://t.co/4rpZnvUxUo
— Grey (@grey_barrytone2) June 1, 2021
Just look at. @jack https://t.co/mIt0HMqPBh
— Eyen Umoh (@akwadeltan) June 1, 2021
Dear @jack @TwitterGov @Twitter, the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, with this tweet, threatened to attack civilians with the Nigerian Civil War strategy they used in annihilation of over 2million unharmed citizens.
Treat @MBuhari like you once did @DonaldJTrumpJr. https://t.co/OoqMI5qcnn
— Oluwagbenga Ajongbolo (@arakunrinajos) June 1, 2021
https://twitter.com/SintiagorV/status/1399804229963898880?s=20
Hi @jack,
The President of the most populous Black nation just threatened genocide against his fellow citizens. If Trump can be suspended, so can this mannequin. https://t.co/ofR3QEQ0DH— HulkHogan GCFR (@DasFreidenker) June 1, 2021
This man is a murderer! @jack do the needful. https://t.co/2Mn6hN8j4p
— Bright Nwabueze (@NBright007) June 1, 2021
My God, this is so 'unpresidential' to say the list.
I refuse to be on the same app with such a harmful handle. @jack @Twitter please do the needful immediately https://t.co/6EcSPC95WG
— JohnnyKabas Ufok (@Johnnykabas) June 1, 2021
Trump was suspended for less@jack please, this man just openly threatened the peace of Nigeria and Nigerian youths.
Kindly get him off your platform https://t.co/SXw3iDtzzt
— KF???? (@badniggafela) June 1, 2021
https://twitter.com/IGoparaocha/status/1399789695073239042?s=20
@jack pls suspend this account, this account is treating civil war against the people of Southern part of Nigeria.
Such act shouldn't be allowed in Twitter. Cc @TwitterSupport https://t.co/oOQJF9188t— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )???????? (@emmaikumeh) June 1, 2021
https://twitter.com/NonyeBiko/status/1399787788665556995?s=20
Dear @jack, we are calling on you to permanently suspend the @Twitter account of the Nigerian President for threatening to harm innocent Nigerians. https://t.co/rVzjYBIKVi
— Concerned Nigerians (@ConcernedNIG) June 1, 2021
This account should be suspended for inciting genocide @jack @Twitter @TwitterSupport https://t.co/TcoWvGbN2G
— Abraham Okeke (@AbrahamOkeke) June 1, 2021
@jack You suspended Donald Trump’s account because of Comments like this, President Of Nigeria Buhari has done the same thing, we Nigerians are reporting his account, Kindly take it down!
Nigerians RT aggressively https://t.co/QDWKlJbevd
— Chlorpheniramine (@VictorIsrael_) June 1, 2021
https://twitter.com/svdney98/status/1399782980386803716?s=20
