Buhari has returned to Twitter 11 months after he stopped tweeting following the ban on the microblogging platform.
The Buhari administration banned Twitter after the platform deleted tweets by the president, threatening to treat members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the “language they understand”.
The ban was announced on June 4, 2021 and was lifted on January, 13, 2022, after 7 months.
Following the ban, the President stopped addressing citizens via Twitter.
Even when the ban was lifted and many politicians and their aides returned to the platform, Buhari didn’t return until today, May 2.
In his first tweet in 11 months, Buhari sent his best wishes to Muslims celebrating Eid-el-Fitr while addressing the problem of insecurity in the country.
Before tweeting today, his last tweet was on June 1, 2021.
Read his tweets below.
In a series of tweets in commemoration of Eid-el-Fitr, the Nigerian leader, who was accompanied by his family and aides, also spoke about the fight against insurgency.
While the fight has been tough and long, victory, Buhari said, is within reach.
“After a period of fasting and reflection, this year, we have cause to welcome the occasion in hope. The battle waged against terrorists who falsely masquerade under the name of Islam is approaching its conclusion,” he said.
“The fight has been long and hard. Final victory is within sight. Boko Haram and its offshoots’ final embers are now fading. Last month, the leader of ISWAP was killed in an airstrike. Since the New Year, thousands of fighters have surrendered.
“The territories they used to occupy are now seeing the return of those who were forced to flee their barbarity. Normality is finally beginning to return to the Northeast. It is a long process. Yet it is one we are, together, now embarking upon.
“With the designation of bandit groups as terrorists, the challenges of banditry & kidnapping are being tackled differently in the north-west and north-central where the latest military acquisitions and armed forces are being fanned out across the region to thwart acts of terror.”
