Twitter Deletes Genocidal Tweet from Muhammadu Buhari Against Igbo People of Biafra

Twitter has removed a post by The Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari for violating its rules.

The Tweet, posted on Tuesday, read: “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War. Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand.”

A Twitter spokesperson said the post “was in violation of the Twitter Rules. The account owner will be required to delete the violative Tweet and spend 12 hours with their account in read-only mode”. The statement gave no further details.