Twitter says it has locked the account of Na’Gwaggo, a Nigerian user, for advocating the execution of some critics of President Muhammadu Buhari.

This follows a complaint by Chidi Odinkalu, a former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), that Na’Gwaggo issued death threats to himself and others considered to be critics of the president.

Checks by the TheCable not TheNigerialawyer on Na’Gwaggo’s Twitter page showed he is one of Buhari’s supporters.

The death threats had originated during a conversation about Jalal Hajizavar, an Iranian official who was executed by a military court for allegedly working against Iran’s interests for the United States.

Reacting to the post, Na’Gwaggo had tweeted: “@Ishakaa ee need to do plenty of such to people like @Al_Salkida @farooqkperogi so @ChidiOdinkalu can twerk his life away.”

In the series of tweets that followed, Na’Gwaggo, alongside others had accused the human rights activist of peddling ‘fake news,’ calling for him to be punished.

Others fingered for punishment in the series of tweets on Na’Gwaggo’s Twitter page included Farooq Kperogi, a journalist who writes ‘Notes from Atlanta’ and Ahmad Salkida, a journalist reporting conflict and terrorism.

Odinkalu had laid a complaint to Twitter requesting Na’Gwaggo’s account alongside others issuing death threats to him being blocked.

On Friday, the human rights activist said Na’Gwaggo’s account has been banned.

“After investigating his tweet done yesterday advocating the killing of @A_Salkida, @farooqkperogi & @ChidiOdinkalu, @twitter confirms that the post violated platform rules & has locked the account of @witan17,” Odinkalu posted on his social media page, attaching a screenshot of Twitter’s response to his complaint.

However, checks by TheCable on Saturday morning showed the account is still active.

However, a user explained while the account may appear active, Twitter has temporarily locked the account.

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