Aisha Buhari has deactivated her Twitter account

Aisha Buhari, Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has announced the deactivation of her Twitter account. This comes after the federal government placed a  ban on the microblogging site. 

Nigeria’s information and culture minister, Lai Mohammed, had announced Twitter’s suspension in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi, on Friday.

The suspension by the Nigerian government comes days after a post by President Buhari on the 1967 civil war was deleted by the microblogging platform.

“I will be deactivating my Twitter account for now. Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” she tweeted.