TWITTER INVESTIGATES SUSPENSION OF ITS OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA

Sat 05 June 2021:

The Twitter company is studying the situation with the indefinite suspension of its social platform in Nigeria, which it finds to be a worrisome situation, the corporation told the business Insider outlet.

The Nigerian government says it has “indefinitely suspended” Twitter’s operations in the country, the Ministry of Information and Culture announced in a statement on Friday.

“The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria,” it read.

The statement, which was posted on the ministry’s official Twitter handle on Friday evening, accused the American social media company of allowing its platform to be used “for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence.”

The suspension comes two days after Twitter deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari that was widely perceived as offensive.

In that tweet on Tuesday, the Nigerian leader threatened to deal with people in the country’s southeast, who he blames for the recurring attacks on public infrastructure in the region.

“The announcement made by the Nigerian Government that they have suspended Twitter’s operations in Nigeria is deeply concerning,” a Twitter spokesperson was quoted as saying by the news outlet late on Friday.

Buhari’s Twitter post about a secessionist movement was flagged as offensive by users.

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