Twitter suspends 15 Nigerian influencers’ accounts

Twitter has suspended the accounts of over 15 social media influencers in Nigeria on account of violating Twitter Rules.

The social media profiles of the influencers became inaccessible as some twitter users noticed the suspension late Monday.

Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules,” the profile pages of these suspended accounts showed.

The suspension was said to be connected to the influencers promoting a controversial trend, which apparently violated some of twitter rules.

It was also learnt many other accounts outside Nigeria were also suspended indefinitely for involving in a coordinated online campaign to obstruct justice.

The Nation reported a Twitter user, @OdogwuAnicah, as saying, “Danny walter, Tife, Volqx, Lamar, Uncle Mohamz, Pamilerin, Valhalla, Four eyed Edo Boy all got suspended.

“Mbah and Bisi got suspended too. Including @JustKelechi @Yucee_ @Divineze @ogaKnowledge, @AimThaMachine_, @UgwunnaEjikem @FestusGreen, @CO_Chiamaka @Anambra_girl,” he added.

In 2019, Twitter suspended accounts of some social media influencers ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Badmus Hakeem (Tweets @Bhadoosky), Jokunle (@Jokunle), Ani Nomso (@ani_nomso), Shawnife (@Shawnife_), Official Bmax (@OfficialBmax), Uche Kush (@UcheKush_), Lazy Writa (@LazyWrita), Rouvafe (@Rouvafe), Abdulaxis (@iam_abdulaxis), Switchme, Enekem Greg (@EnekemGreg) were suspended.