Micro-blogging social network,
Twitter, unverified the account of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, amid speculation
that there was an attempt to hack the account.
All tweets by the account have
since been deleted and his profile picture and header image have been taken
down.
The account which no longer shows
up in Twitter query was said to have been suspended, retrieved and unverified —
all in less than 24 hours.
While some suggest the VP was
hacked, others claim he was suspended, but Twitter is yet to speak on the
matter.
The hit — whatsoever it actually
was — took place on Friday night and early Saturday, but the account was back
online by Saturday morning, but all 2,399 tweets previously made by the
vice-president and former attorney general of Lagos state were all gone.
TheCable access an archived
version of the VP’s account, and his last tweet was from July 28, 2019 — after
visiting the home of Precious Owolabi, the Channels TV reporter killed in the
Shi’ites-Police clash in Abuja.
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| Osinbajo’s last tweet before the hit |
When Twitter was contacted to
confirm the reasons behind the suspension — but no response has been received
as at the time this report was filed.
Laolu Akande, the senior special
assistant to the VP on media and publicity, has been contacted for comments.
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| Osinbajo’s account as on Saturday morning. |
WHY TWITTER SUSPENDS ACCOUNTS
According to Twitter, accounts
can be suspended if they “violate the Twitter Rules“.
“Common reasons for suspension
may include: Spam: Most of the accounts we suspend are suspended because they
are spammy, or just plain fake, and they introduce security risks for Twitter
and all of our users. These types of accounts are against our Twitter Rules.
Unfortunately, sometimes a real person’s account gets suspended by mistake, and
in those cases we’ll work with the person to make sure the account is
unsuspended.
“Account security at risk: If we
suspect an account has been hacked or compromised, we may suspend it until it
can be secured and restored to the account owner in order to reduce potentially
malicious activity caused by the compromise.
“Abusive Tweets or behavior: We
may suspend an account if it has been reported to us as violating our Rules
surrounding abuse. When an account engages in abusive behavior, like sending
threats to others or impersonating other accounts, we may suspend it temporarily
or, in some cases, permanently.”
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