Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State was found to have sneaked into Twitter to lambast young activist and one of the champions of the #EndSARS protest, Rinu Oduala.
The Federal Government banned the use of Twitter on the 5th of June, 2021 for deleting a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Efforts have been ongoing to restore the bird app with the government giving 12 conditions for lifting the ban.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has however, stated that Twitter was not banned but only suspended because its platform was used to instigate instability in the country.
Governor El-Rufai, on Wednesday, November 10 ‘sneaked’ into his Twitter account to make some posts and tackle Rinu.
In an attempt to defend himself from Nigerians calling him out on the social Media platform which remained banned, the governor stated that he was accessing the platform from abroad.
According to him, “VPN ? Nope… Outside Nigeria for a couple of days, so can tweet for the time being being,” he said using the username @dexxybaba.
Engaging El-Rufai on the platform, Rinu tweeted: “The only place you get the freedom of speech is outside Nigeria”.
The governor replied Rinu saying: “Wrong @SavvyRinu! Conflating Twitter with “freedom of speech” is a significant exaggeration. Freedoms of many descriptions existed before and without Twitter, and will remain long after!! Enjoy your day.
The aggrieved activist, however, lampooned El-Rufai calling his attention to the insecurity situation of the country. Rinu tweeted; “You are blanketing shamelessness with proper English, my dear Governor.
“I only hope bandits are not kïlling innocent citizens wherever you are. Enjoy!”.
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