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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 13 Apr 2016

    Nigeria Shia 'mass graves' should be protected to allow independent probe, @Amnesty says http://bbc.in/1Wr8BcL pic.twitter.com/CqoWLzvDxV

    1:20 AM - 13 Apr 2016
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    • Harun Elbinawi shuaib ahmad #VoteAndStay Reuben Loffman Zakzaky/Dasuki Chima Arubike Ndi Kato kennie Kabiru
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      1. Maluwa‏ @23rdmeter 13 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica @amnesty Don't you Nigerians have problems of your own that you allow Saudi,Iran feud be accommodated in your country ?

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      1. Aloysius Asuquo‏ @aabullet 13 Apr 2016
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        @bbcafrica @amnesty @ladymacbethh89 who is going to protect the site of a Government crime? The state or Fed. Government?

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      1. Pedro Igbinedion‏ @pedroigbinedion 13 Apr 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @amnesty sometimes I wonder the kind of world is this?. By now this event investigations & findings should have been conclude.

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      1. Shaibu Enejoh Aruwa‏ @SEARUWA_LAW 13 Apr 2016
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        Shaibu Enejoh Aruwa Retweeted BBC News Africa

        @BBCAfrica @amnesty https://twitter.com/BBCAfrica/status/720164827117830144 … @PressTV

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        BBC News AfricaVerified account @BBCAfrica
        Nigeria Shia 'mass graves' should be protected to allow independent probe, @Amnesty says http://bbc.in/1Wr8BcL  pic.twitter.com/CqoWLzvDxV
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      1. always truth‏ @Oswald524 19 Apr 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @amnesty Nigeria should throw Amnesty International out of the country. It is not but colonization agent.

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      1.  ⏰Time UNFOLDING ⏳‏ @1314CHIJIOKE 19 Apr 2016
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        @PdpNigeria @BBCAfrica @amnesty has anyone asked why a govt should butty them without medical report and issuing death certificates..

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      1. Ogun‏ @ogungbola 13 Apr 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @amnesty The government should take all of them out or send them to Iran. They are not welcome

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      1. ET Phone Home‏ @ETRamp123 13 Apr 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @Amnesty "@THISDAYLIVE: Shi’ites Have No Respect for Nigeria’s Sovereignty, Police, SSS Allege: http://bit.ly/23ve6ws "

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      2. Christosan Black‏ @chrisfecodon 13 Apr 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica @amnesty Is it the criminal Nigeria govt that will protect the crime evidence? More terror attacks are on going #freeBiafra

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      3. Ogun‏ @ogungbola 13 Apr 2016
        Replying to @chrisfecodon

        @chrisfecodon @BBCAfrica @amnesty Better than the dead criminal Ojukwu

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      4. Christosan Black‏ @chrisfecodon 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @ogungbola

        @ogungbola @BBCAfrica @amnesty what is better? A rotten country dat produces decayed people as leaders. Look @ d type of president u have

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Ogun‏ @ogungbola 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @chrisfecodon

        @chrisfecodon @BBCAfrica @amnesty You really need to grow up, Keyboard Soldier. Use your vote and stop spewing bile about everyone.1 Nigeria

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Christosan Black‏ @chrisfecodon 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @ogungbola

        @ogungbola @BBCAfrica @amnesty it's a pity! When you allow d same stick to hit your eyes severally it shows u r devoid of thinking. Think!

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      7. Ogun‏ @ogungbola 14 Apr 2016
        Replying to @chrisfecodon

        @chrisfecodon @BBCAfrica @amnesty You Biafrans are no better than Boko Haram. All you want is kill people. Your dream will NEVER happen

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