Micro-blogging website Twitter has shut down the ‘official’ account for Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, @FLON.
The controversial twitter handle was the subject of a newspaper editorial by Breaking Times, in which it was noted that the @FLON account was created for Aisha Buhari while President Goodluck Jonathan was still in office. Aisha Buhari was a private citizen at the time as her husband, Muhammadu Buhari has not been sworn into office. The handle, however, was fraudulently verified by Twitter Nigeria.
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The Editorial called public attention to the violation of Twitter ethics which was amplified when on Sunday, July 5, 2015, Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu issued a statement in Abuja stating that Aisha Buhari, wife of the Nigerian President was not on Twitter. Shebu’s statement came in response to another scandal involving daughter of Nigerian President, Zahra Buhari.
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Shehu’s statement, led credence to the earlier report of fraud in Twitter Nigeria. Nigerians took to Twitter, Monday, July 6, 2015 to express their disappointment over the apparent bridge in trust lending to a hashtag, #TwitterFraudNG.
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Following concerns raised by social media users in Nigeria and media reports, Twitter has reviewed the circumstances surrounding the verification of the @FLON handle, confirmed a violation of its ethics and policies, and shut down the account.
