Twitter has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet threatening genocide against the people of Igbo-dominated South-East.
In the tweet shared on Tuesday, Buhari spoke about the civil war experience and threatened to deal with those “bent on destroying” Nigeria through “insurrection.”
“Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand,” he had said.
He had said such individuals or groups will receive the shock of their lives as they will be treated in a language they will understand.
The microblogging site deleted the message on Wednesday following public outcry.
“This tweet violated the Twitter rules,” it noted.
Following the development, Nigerians on social media took to Twitter to drag the President for making such threats towards a particular tribe.
While some slammed him for pleading with Fulani herdsmen and bandits who have killed and are still killing innocent Nigerians, others slammed him for threatening the South East with another civil war that killed almost 3 million Igbos.
They also reported the tweet and also called for the suspension of the President’s account by the management of Twitter.
However, the complaints were received by the management of Twitter and the comment by the President has been deleted.
Also, the Nigerian leader may also be locked out of his account for 24 hours and faces a temporary suspension for the offensive tweet.
