Twitter has deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet on Nigeria Civil War where he threatened to treat Nigerians “misbehaving” in “the language they understand”.
Buhari made the threat after receiving security reports from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on the series of recent attacks on INEC facilities nationwide.
“Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigeria Civil War.
“Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand,” Buhari tweeted on Tuesday.
Twitter deleted the message on Wednesday, following widespread condemnation.
“This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules,” the microblogging site said in place of the deleted tweet.
Buhari had on Tuesday vowed to shock all those agitating for breakup of Nigeria when he hosted INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in Abuja.
“I receive daily security reports on the attacks, and it is very clear that those behind them want this administration to fail,” President Buhari said.
“Insecurity in Nigeria is now mentioned all over the world. All the people who want power, whoever they are, you wonder what they really want. Whoever wants the destruction of the system will soon have the shock of their lives. We’ve given them enough time.”
Buhari recalled that he visited all the 36 states of the country before the 2019 election, “and majority of the people believed me, and the election proved it.”
He promised to continue leading the country in accordance with Constitutional provisions.
He said those misbehaving in certain parts of the country were obviously too young to know the travails and loss of lives that attended 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. We are going to be very hard sooner than later.”
