Social media giant, Twitter, has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet posted Tuesday where the Nigerian number one citizen threatened to deal with secessionists “in the language they understand”.
The organization said, “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules. ‘
Buhari had released a series of tweets after meeting with the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday, wherein he warned that those promoting insurrection and those sponsoring destruction of critical national assets would soon have the shock of their lives.
The president also threatened to deal with “those misbehaving today” “in the language they understand.”
Though the President tweeted five tweets on his meeting with Prof. Yakubu, it was the last tweet that Twitter said violated its rules and was deleted, while the remaining four tweets were retained.
In the controversial tweet which had been widely criticized by Twitter users, President Buhari said: “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. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand.”
The state House has yet to react to Twitter’s action.
Thread of Buhari’s original tweets below.
