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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 6 May 2016

    US government seeks to sell Nigeria attack planes to help in Boko Haram fight, reports say http://bbc.in/1T20oJy pic.twitter.com/YmijNdhOOJ

    1:16 AM - 6 May 2016
    • 91 Retweets
    • 22 Likes
    • Ogedegbe Godsgift Ric Cole Geoffrey Kamau Olufemi Masoom Yusuf Abubakar Tumi Fola Aina Maggie Dougherty David Pratt Qizai
    16 replies 91 retweets 22 likes
      1. New conversation
      2. #FreeDrNalongoStellaNyanzi‏ @Shewolfmo 6 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica 'Murica, create a problem and then "help" solve it. I'm sure they're also selling BH some heavy duty missiles. Capitalism wins

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      3. John Githongo‏Verified account @johngithongo 6 May 2016
        Replying to @Shewolfmo

        @Shewolfmo I'm not a betting man but my bet is KOT are precisely correct in their assumptions

        1 reply 3 retweets 3 likes
      4. #FreeDrNalongoStellaNyanzi‏ @Shewolfmo 6 May 2016
        Replying to @johngithongo

        @johngithongo I'm sad. He was such a brilliant human being. What a waste of prime brain.

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
      5. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Rukee ojigbo‏ @rukeeo1 6 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @bbcafrica the US gov are just bunch of stupid idiots. When nided help...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Rukee ojigbo‏ @rukeeo1 6 May 2016
        Replying to @rukeeo1

        @bbcafrica in d heat of d BH crisis, where were they?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Rukee ojigbo‏ @rukeeo1 6 May 2016
        Replying to @rukeeo1

        @bbcafrica thousands of ppl died, but they refused us weapons! Sayin we were incompitent.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Maluwa‏ @23rdmeter 6 May 2016
        Replying to @rukeeo1

        @rukeeo1 @BBCAfrica Ask your gvt officials what they did with $15bil intended to be used in fight against BH.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Nkiruka Nistoran‏ @NkirukaNistoran 6 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica giving arm to Nigeria is giving arm to terrorist bokoharam and fulani herdsmen

        1 reply 5 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Rukee ojigbo‏ @rukeeo1 6 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @bbcafrica now that we are running to china they want to help!

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. AYANLOLA ABDULJELIL‏ @owolabitaiwo 6 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica The US govt must be day dreaming. Why sell 2us now when d war is almost over. Hey! US should have sold ds to us in 2010 & not now

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Chizelu Emejulu‏ @Chizeluu 6 May 2016
        Replying to @owolabitaiwo

        @owolabitaiwo @BBCAfrica they wouldn't sell to us then because our government had no credibility then. It has it now.

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Colonel‏ @_rugged_ 6 May 2016
        Replying to @Chizeluu

        @Chizeluu Which credibility?The one from shooting 300 shiite or that of killing 100 biafran activists? @owolabitaiwo America is hypocritical

        5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. AYANLOLA ABDULJELIL‏ @owolabitaiwo 6 May 2016
        Replying to @_rugged_

        @buway7 @Chizeluu Regardless of whatever procession or acts of worship one performs,u don't block or hinder movement on public places(road)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Colonel‏ @_rugged_ 6 May 2016
        Replying to @owolabitaiwo

        @owolabitaiwo @Chizeluu Roads r blocked for owambe parties in Lagos.I'm not quite sure road-blocking automatically deserves a death sentence

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. AYANLOLA ABDULJELIL‏ @owolabitaiwo 6 May 2016
        Replying to @_rugged_

        @buway7 @Chizeluu Owambe is a friendly use of d road side,which is also not right but not posing dangers 2anyone.While d sects procession is

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Colonel‏ @_rugged_ 6 May 2016
        Replying to @owolabitaiwo

        @owolabitaiwo @Chizeluu The sunnis block roads on fridays preventing others from using the roads. 300 Sunnis have not been shot to death

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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