Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Nigerian Police Public Relations Officer, has revealed why security officers left the microblogging platform Twitter during the recently concluded elections.
WITHIN NIGERIA reports that the Police Commissioner made the revelation in response to a netizen who expressed surprise at how the security agents went missing during the election.
@husky10100 wrote:
I still can’t believe you and others went MIA during election period
Responding, Adejobi said they engaged with Nigerians on other social media platforms, stressing they left Twitter due to the aggressive nature of people on the platform.
He said:
The best thing to do then was not to engage in any conversation on Twitter. We were active on other platforms, and u can cross-check. Twitter people were too aggressive, and bc it’s basically for a group of people who are (were) not pleased with the state.
Police Arrest 19 Shiite Members
In other news, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command arrested nineteen members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites, in Abuja on Thursday.
Shitte members were arrested for obstructing traffic, rioting, and unlawful procession.
The arrested protesters will be charged in court, according to the police command.
The FCT police command’s spokesman, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development in a statement.