7 Tweets & 26000 Followers In 24Hrs: General Buhari Officially Joins Twitter

A few hours after the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) labelled him a “semi-literate jackboot”, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, responded by officially joining social media, Twitter.  On Monday, the 72-year old’s first post on Twitter around noon: “Good afternoon my friends! This will now be my official Twitter handle to communicate with you. – GMB” got over 1,500 retweets. “I and my office will speak to you from here. Personal tweets will be signed GMB,” he said in another tweet.