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Twitter ban only temporary, Buhari admin cowers under international pressure

by Nwani Chisom
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The pres. Buhari led administration, in its recent commique disclosed that its ban on Twitter was “temporary” and the result of broader grievances than the company’s deletion of a post by President Muhammadu Buhari.

“There has been a litany of problems with the social media platform in Nigeria, where misinformation and fake news spread through it have had real world violent consequences,” Garba Shehu, a spokesperson for Buhari, said in a statement.

“All the while, the company has escaped accountability. He said Further.

Garba Shehu however, refused to disclose when access to Twitter would be restored in the country.

“The temporary suspension of Twitter is not just a response to the removal of the President’s post,” Shehu said.

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