#EndSARS: Buhari loses 100,000 followers on Twitter

President Buhari has lost 100,000 followers on Twitter and he may lose more as the pressure on him to disband Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad(FSARS) continues.

Nigerian youths have been on the streets since Thursday clamouring for the scrapping nationwide of the police unit.

But government has only promised reforming the hated police outfit, notorious for extra-judicial killing of young Nigerians, harassment and torture.

One Nigerian has decided to give the campaign another dimension, by asking many of Buhari’s followers on Twitter to unfollow him and Vice President resident Yemi Osinbajo.

The campaigner was Reno Omokri, a former presidential media aide and social media commentator.

Reno Omokri, has lent his voice to the ongoing #EndSARS protests in the country with a digital campaign targeted at their unfollowing presidential Twitter accounts.

On Saturday, he took to his Twitter handle to Tweet, “VP @ProfOsinbajo personally checks his Twitter TL. If we mean business with #EndSARS, let’s shock him and General @MBuhari. If we all stop following him and he sees his Twitter following drop by 1 million, he will act. Let’s go!#UnfollowBuhari #UnfollowOsinbajo”

Dear Nigerians,

VP @ProfOsinbajo personally checks his Twitter TL. If we mean business with #EndSARS, let’s shock him and General @MBuhari. If we all stop following him and he sees his Twitter following drop by 1 million, he will act. Let’s go!#UnfollowBuhari #UnfollowOsinbajo pic.twitter.com/v1cF1ns6g0

— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) October 10, 2020

So far, a hundred thousand people have joined the call to unfollow Buhari on Twitter.

Before the campaign, President Buhari had 3.5million followers on Twitter. Today, the number has dropped to 3.4million.

Buhari has the largest Twitter followers among African leaders.