The Nigerian Senate on Saturday,
October 17 said that the twitter account @Ike_Ekweremadu is not associated with
the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu.
Through its official twiiter
handle, the senate cautioned the public to be wary of tweets from the said
account.
The senate said: “The twitter
account @Ike_Ekweremadu is not associated with the Deputy Senate President.
Please take note.”
The bio of the said fake deputy
senate president’s account reads: “Deputy Senate President of the eighth
Assembly Federal Republic of Nigeria. Legal Practitioner.”
The said fake Twitter handle
follows one person – the Nigerian senate handle – and has 4, 503 followers as
at the time of this report
The senate however said it has
been brought to its attention that @Ike_Ekweremadu is not associated with
deputy Senate President, it called on the general public to take note.
However, tweets from the fake
account highlights proceedings from the national assembly including
congratulatory messages to the recently screened ministerial nominees and
mentions to the official account of the Nigerian senate.
Meanwhile, the President
Muhammadu Buhari and the senate president Bukola Saraki have been under fire
from Igbo youth over an allegation by the president for the immediate removal
of Ekweremadu.
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