On Easter Monday, April 10, 2023, the Twitter community was greeted with the record-breaking tweet by popular random facts Twitter handler, @UberFacts.
The tweet was about Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and information on his drug case in the United States of America.
“In 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu surrendered $460,000 to the US government after a Chicago court found the income came from heroin trafficking,” the platform tweeted, as it included a link to an online news platform, People’s Gazette, which reported on the story.
In 1993, Bola Ahmed Tinubu surrendered $460,000 to the US government after a Chicago court found the income came from heroin trafficking pic.twitter.com/aRzrTXJtl4
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) April 9, 2023
The tweet quickly garnered millions of views, and as of the time of reporting this story, it is Twitter handle’s most popular tweet with 12.9 million views.
UberFacts also found itself amid a heated exchange with supporters of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party as supporters of Bola Tinubu launched a barrage of attacks against the random-fact sharing account.
Refusing to back down, UberFactspublishing the official court documents from the United States as proof to substantiate their earlier claims about Tinubu’s drug case.
This move effectively silenced the APC supporters who had been attempting to discredit the information shared by UberFacts.
🇳🇬: RE Tinubu tweet
For clarification, the source was United States Court documents which are public records and available in their entirety here: https://t.co/yFHCgRtF6Z pic.twitter.com/GNfbm5bB0l
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) April 10, 2023
The platform also had reason to state that it was not paid to post the tweet on Tinubu, whose credibility has been dented by his drug trafficking record. “And no I wasn’t paid to post that, in cash, kernel or otherwise,” it said.
And no I wasn’t paid to post that, in cash, kernel or otherwise
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) April 10, 2023
