Twitter, on Wednesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari violated its rules which appeared to threaten violence against the Igbos.
The Micro-blogging platform has also deleted the tweet.
The President in his message, he called the attention of Nigeria’s youths to the gory events of the civil war insisting that he will treat them in the “language they understand.”
According to him, “Many of those misbehaving today were 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.”
Buhari’s comments attracted the ire of Nigerians many of whom demanded that he remembers he is the president of the entire nation.
Twitter deleted the tweet saying that it violated its rules.
But reacting to the action taken by Twitter, the Presidency speaking through the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said Twitter has not been fair in its dealings as it allows tweets by IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu and others during the #EndSARS protest on its platform but is quick to delete Buhari’s tweet.
Mohammed said “Twitter may have its own rules; it’s not the universal rule. If Mr. President, anywhere in the world feels very bad and concern about a situation, he is free to express such views. Now, we should stop comparing apples with oranges. If an organisation is proscribed, it is different from any other which is not proscribed.
“Two, any organisation that gives directives to its members, to attack police stations, to kill policemen, to attack correctional centres, to kill warders, and you are now saying that Mr. President does not have the right to express his dismay and anger about that? We are the ones guilty of double standards.
“I don’t see anywhere in the world where an organisation, a person will stay somewhere outside Nigeria, and will direct his members to attack the symbols of authority, the police, the military, especially when that organisation has been proscribed. By whatever name, you can’t justify giving orders to kill policemen or to kill anybody you do not agree with.”
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