Micro-blogging and social media platform, Twitter, has unverified the official handle of Vice-President Prof Yemi Osinbajo.
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The Twitter handle of the Vice President was unverified amid speculations that there was an attempt to hack the account on Friday, August 9, 2019.
Over 2000 tweets, his profile picture and header image have also been taken down.
The account, which the VP has been using since he was announced as the running mate to Muhammadu Buhari in late 2014 now has no history, tweets and photos.
The account is no longer showing up on Twitter query, but a check on @profOsinbajo on Twitter still shows the VP’s 2.1 million followers and the 51 people he followed on the platform.
Reacting to the issue, the Senior Special Assistant-Media&Publicity to Vice President, Laolu Akande Twitter was contacted following failed external attempts to gain unauthorized access to the Vice President’s Twitter Account.
Yesterday, there were failed external attempts to gain unauthorized access to the Vice President’s Twitter Account. Since, we have been in contact with Twitter, securing the account, and forestalling a reoccurrence. The VP will continue to actively communicate with our citizens.
— Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) August 10, 2019
He said: “Yesterday, there were failed external attempts to gain unauthorized access to the Vice President’s Twitter Account. Since, we have been in contact with Twitter, securing the account, and forestalling a reoccurrence. The VP will continue to actively communicate with our citizens”.
However, Twitter is yet to speak on the matter.
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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