Muhammudu Buhari
By Our Reporter
In solidarity with Twitter which operations were suspended by the Federal Government of Nigeria couple of hours back, Facebook has deleted President Buhari’s civil war statement for violating its community standards against inciting violence.
President Buhari had threatened punishment for regional secessionists blamed for attacks on government buildings.
Buhari, who served in the army stated, on Tuesday, that many people misbehaving today were too young to remember the deaths and destruction from the civil war.
A quick check shows that Facebook removed the post from its platform.
The entire statement had been removed from the social media platform for violating Community Standards against inciting violence.
The social media giants reiterated its commitment to remove any content, from individuals or organisations that violates Facebook policies.
“In line with our global policies, we’ve removed a post from President Buhari’s Facebook page for violating our Community Standards against inciting violence.
“We remove any content, from individuals or organisations that violates our policies on Facebook.”