After deleting post, Twitter brings down Buhari’s video

A VIDEO of President Buhari, wherein he threatened to deal with people he said were trying to bring down his government down, has been taken down by the social media app.

The video was initially posted on the official handle of the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, @NGRPresident, where Buhari warned that “rude shock” awaits unpatriotic elements promoting insurrection and burning critical national assets across the country.

In the video, Buhari noted the role he played alongside other Nigerian military officers in the Nigerian Civil War of 1966-70, which led to the murder of over three million Igbos.

The president’s video was to address the attacks on INEC facilities in the region.

The people referenced in the president’s statement have since been interpreted to be youths of the South-east, who are believed to be members or sympathisers of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, whom the government had on occasions identified to be behind the burning of police stations and other government facilities in parts of the South East.

It has, however, been deemed ‘genocidal. 

This came barely 24 hours after tweets transcribing the president’s address were taken down by the app.

The move was criticised by the Federal Government which accused the American microblogging and social service of showing sympathy for secessionists.