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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 1 Feb 2016

    Nigeria reinstates army general implicated in mass murder, showing culture of impunity, Amnesty says http://bbc.in/1SwKs2p  #AfricaLive

    3:06 AM - 1 Feb 2016
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      1. ekwemchiaba ekwo‏ @EkwemchiabaE 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica buhari is a terrorist. He is the head of boko haram and innocent people die because of him. The world should act now. Free Biafra

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      1. iyke1001‏ @iyke1001 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica #NigerianArmy the useless outfit can only shoot people in the back. Absolutely no benefit to their pathetic predatory existence.

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      1. #KoKo‏ @KaniGanje 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Take him to the Hague @bbcafrica

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      1. Black&Proud‏ @Realstylz 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica Thought #Buhari was going on a positive path lately! Pathetic move indeed

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      1. Okafor calistus‏ @Okaforcalistus 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @bbcafrica this is how innocent unarmed Biafrans were killed simply protest and world media #bbc esp. keep mute.

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      2. KingFromBirth‏ @EvribodysNobody 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @bbcafrica say buhari, not #nigeria The man's buhari-like -blood thirsty, wicked and evil. It's in the blood of d fulanis

        1 reply 3 retweets 1 like
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      1. AnthonyEhilebo‏Verified account @AnthonyEhilebo 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica @Oddy4real Same Army that killed 1000 Shiites, Same Army that killed Un-armed Biafran Protesters??? We are breeding Killers!

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      2. #FREENnamdi Kanu‏ @prosper_stanley 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica See what APC hausa/fulani lawmaker done 2National Assembly. 😂😂😂 free #Biafra,we are never d same wit dempic.twitter.com/E9esuvR7DR

        Adeyanju Deji 🇳🇬
        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Ogun‏ @ogungbola 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @prosper_stanley

        @prosper_stanley @BBCAfrica. This is what Democracy is all about, you dimwit. If you are never the same, you must be inferior

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. #FREENnamdi Kanu‏ @prosper_stanley 2 Feb 2016
        Replying to @ogungbola

        @ogungbola @BBCAfrica so as for u Ogungbola democracy is for educated youths 2b jobless & taxi driver while cattlerearer illitrate a senator

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Ogun‏ @ogungbola 20 Apr 2016
        Replying to @prosper_stanley

        @prosper_stanley @BBCAfrica How are the Biafran Terrorists going? Ojukwu is a cowardly bastard who ran away and left others to die for him

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. @pglivingstone‏ @pglivingstone 1 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica @godwin_nwaugo .NEVER A NEWS, NIGERIA ARMED FORCES ARE KNOWN FOR SHOOTING INNOCENT, & ARM LESS BIAFRA'S,.BUT RUN FROM BOKO HARRAM

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      1. yellowsally‏ @yellowsally1 2 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @noshnoshe is it true?

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      1. Ak‏ @AkaAbiama 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica Both Buhari and Maj Gen Ahmadu Mohammed are genocidists and should be arrested and taken to the Hague for crimes against humanity

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      1. Ak‏ @AkaAbiama 1 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica @michealprecio10 ...and they said they are not corrupt. Who's fooling who?

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