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The micro-blogging site, Twitter, has eventually deleted President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s tweet where he had warned to deal with some Nigerians \u201cmisbehaving\u201d tampering with the state security architecture in \u201cthe language they understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buhari, in the tweet shared on Tuesday, had been frank about his submission, citing the Civil War experience, while he said he would deal with those \u201cbent on destroying\u201d Nigeria through illegitimate means.<\/p>\n

But the social media firm said Buhari\u2019s tweet violated its \u201cabusive behaviour\u201d policy, leading to a 12-hour suspension of his account.<\/p>\n

The president’s tweet had promised a response to waves of attacks blamed on the Eastern Security Network (ESN), an armed group which emerged from the main pro-Biafran secessionist movement, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).<\/p>\n

In recent months, attacks targeting police stations, government buildings and electoral offices in south-east\u00a0Nigeria<\/a>, as well as the killing of a number of government and civil service officials, have been blamed on the ESN.<\/p>\n

The controversial tweet read: \u201cThose of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, some Nigerians who found the tweet offensive had, from Tuesday, mobilised on Twitter to have the tweet reported, which many did, after which Twitter deleted the message on Wednesday, after its widespread condemnation.<\/p>\n

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On the post, Twitter after deleting only the controversial post on the thread, said the post violated its rules.<\/p>\n

Buhari had in his Twitter thread warned those \u201cmisbehaving in certain parts of the country,\u201d most especially in the country’s south-east where government infrastructures had been destroyed consistently.<\/p>\n

He was reacting to the demolition of 42 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) facilities across Nigeria, mainly in the South-East, as he promised that those guilty for the devastation would \u201csoon be shocked out of their minds.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of those misbehaving now are too young to be aware of the havoc and deaths that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War,\u201d he continued. Those of us who spent 30 months in the fields and lived through the conflict will speak to them in their own language.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, a section of Nigerians who moved against the President’s tweet, had singles out Buhari’s reference to the Civil War, citing the condemned genocide which saw millions of Nigerians, majority being Igbo killed, calling it a threat and human rights violations.<\/p>\n

Consequent upon this, apart from calling on Twitter to pull down the post, the protesters also called on Twitter to suspend Buhari’s account, claiming the president\u2019s tweet \u201cexpresses intentions of self-harm or suicide,\u201d as stated on Twitter\u2019s usage policy.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Twitter has said that Buhari’s message did not breach its rules to the extent of suspending his account.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Twitter said: \u201cWe\u2019re writing to let you know that, after examining the available information, we didn\u2019t detect a breach of our rules in the content you reported,\u201d the firm wrote after numerous Nigerians complained about the president\u2019s post and demanded that he be suspended from the platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appreciate that you let us know what happened,\u201d Twitter said, adding that \u201cwe encourage you to call out again in the future if you identify any possible violations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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