Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Friday night, neutralized her Twitter account hours after the government of her husband, Muhammadu Buhari announced the suspension of the micro-blogging site.
“I will be deactivating my Twitter account for now. Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria,” she tweeted at 11:59pm on Friday.
Minutes later, the account, which had over one million followers as of June 4, was no longer available on the social media platform.
TheNewsGuru reports that Mrs Buhari, who is well-known for her aggressive criticisms of her husband’s government, had in the past made some of her dissatisfaction known via Twitter.
TheNewsGuru had earlier reported that Twitter deleted a post by the Nigerian President on Tuesday.
Consequently, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who had accused Twitter of double standards, announced the suspension of the microblogging site on Friday, citing the “persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”.
However, checks by our correspondent showed that Twitter is no longer functional in Nigeria, except for individuals who use VPNS(Virtual private networks).