Twitter Suspends Accounts Of Nigerian Influencers

• The accounts of several influencers in Nigeria have been suspended by Twitter.
• Some of the affected influencers include @Danny, @Tife, @Volqx, @Lamar, @Pamilerin, @Four eyed Edo Boy, @Biisi, @Mbah, @Alex_Houseof308, @Dasucre, @Mbahdeyforyou, @ogaKnowledge, @AimThaMachine_, @FestusGreen and @CO_Chiamaka.

Twitter has suspended the accounts of several influencers in Nigeria, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered.

An unverified report disclosed that the influencers were suspended because of their tweets to free a Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, who has been in detention in Cape Verde for many months.

Their social media profiles became inaccessible as some Twitter users noticed the suspension late Monday.

Some of the affected influencers include @Danny, @Tife, @Volqx, @Lamar, @Pamilerin, @Four eyed Edo Boy, @Biisi, @Mbah, @Alex_Houseof308, @Dasucre, @Mbahdeyforyou, @ogaKnowledge, @AimThaMachine_, @FestusGreen and @CO_Chiamaka.

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

Many other accounts outside Nigeria were also suspended indefinitely for allegedly involved in a coordinated online campaign to obstruct justice.

During a fuel stop at Cape Verde, Saab was arrested while on his way from Iran to Venezuela on a business jet on 12 June 2020.

According to SaharaReporters, he was arrested in accordance to an Interpol red notice in relation to his indictment in the United States, accused of money laundering.

Shortly after his detention, on 14 June, Venezuelan foreign affairs minister tweeted in support of Saab, labelling his arrest as “arbitrary” and “illegal”.

On 28 August 2020, Saab’s lawyers stated that he was on a mission to Iran as a special envoy of Maduro to negotiate fuel and humanitarian supplies at the time of his arrest.

On 30 November 2020, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice ordered Cape Verde to grant house arrest to Alex Saab.

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