The main opposition party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blocked the official handle of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on social networking site Twitter.
This was disclosed on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, via a tweet on the official APC handle, @APCNigeria.
See the tweet below:
— APC Nigeria (@APCNigeria) October 26, 2016
As a result of the blockage, the APC Twitter handlers will not be able to follow and view PDP Nigeria’s tweets.
As at the time of writing this report, it is unknown why the opposition party took the decision to block the APC Twitter handle which has served as one of the ruling party’s main communication tools.
Meanwhile, since the news broke, Nigerians have taken to different social media platforms to comment on the development.
Below are some of the reactions on Twitter:
@APCNigeria L.O.L. This is the funniest thing I have seen all day.
— Mark U. Ikota (@Jostified2) October 26, 2016
@APCNigeria Nonsense. Politics is a struggle for power & for the votes of the electorates. Banter & dissing are allowed @OfficialPDPNig
— Gabriel Adeeyo (@adeeyogabriel) October 26, 2016
@APCNigeria Is never crime to block nuisance..look for something good to tell us like d situation of our economy
— Roman K Akor (@sunnyukc) October 26, 2016
@APCNigeria what did you expect? A re-tweet or like?
— Lanre Ojuolape (@LanreOjuolape) October 26, 2016
@APCNigeria After finishing them wat do u expect them 2 do
— Heskay (@Olanheskay) October 26, 2016
@APCNigeria lmao… They couldn’t handle small rustling
— Aro™ (@SimplyHazard) October 26, 2016
