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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 10 Oct 2016

    President Buhari: Raids on homes of senior Nigerian judges a "surgical operation" to tackle corruption http://bbc.in/2dF6NQG  #AfricaLivepic.twitter.com/D7fnTucvgd

    2:51 AM - 10 Oct 2016
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    • hassan mansaray Faith Forsyth Scotti Karate Daudi Andrea SAFYAN BABALE amen Rehani Mrisho Tz Abiodun Abdulraheem Lex-Polity Africa
    15 replies 109 retweets 51 likes
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      2. AlphaFemale‏ @alpha_orikaeze1 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        hello world, welcome to the North Korea of Africa. How can we help you

        1 reply 3 retweets 3 likes
      3. Kojo Mordin‏ @kojomordin 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @alpha_orikaeze1 @BBCAfrica

        but you love Putin?!

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. AlphaFemale‏ @alpha_orikaeze1 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kojomordin @BBCAfrica

        and so?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Kojo Mordin‏ @kojomordin 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @alpha_orikaeze1 @BBCAfrica

        and so, you love someone's dictator but not yours, and the irony is perplexing.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. AlphaFemale‏ @alpha_orikaeze1 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @kojomordin @BBCAfrica

        I won't even have this debate with you.. continue with your assumptions

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. HOPE IN GOD.. Mtt 6::33.‏ @onyeka60 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Is this how you tackle your own corruption or corrupt people??

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      2. Christosan Black‏ @chrisfecodon 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        horrible! President Buhari still enjoys Western backing in his illegal, tyrannical and undemocratic activities. White wash tomb!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Christosan Black‏ @chrisfecodon 18 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        guys it is never justifiable 2go against the law that brought one to power, madness must be left for mad people. It is tyrannical

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      1. Osii Nndeji‏ @ChibuchiOsita 13 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Why is #BBCAfrica deceiving the world? #MBuhari is an illiterate Undemocratic Tyrant rigged into power #Witch-hunting oppositions

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      1. It's Marjean‏ @JeanieMajic 11 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        sigh.. If only #Liberia's leadership would follow... Smh

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      1. okafor uche‏ @utchb2k 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        that is gross.

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      1. Fred Ukpong‏ @Pakuf231 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        pls remind him that someone in the presidency used 280million naira to clear grass in the IDP camp

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      1. Nnennaya Okposuogu‏ @neneOkposuogu 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        one day Cameron & Obama will be held accountable for endorsing the most tyrannical incompetent bigot ever as Nigeria's president

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      1. Christosan Black‏ @chrisfecodon 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        guys it is never justifiable 2go against the law that brought one to power, madness must be left for mad people. It is tyrannical

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      1. Tim Zuze‏ @tim_zuze 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Desperate times of corruption call 4 desperate measures. The president was sick & tired of things he knew but could not prove

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      1. MYKEL‏ @Mikkymajor 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The raid on the judges is a fundamental change & for you to carry out fundamental change you need certain amount of "madness"

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      1. dixx da 5'8‏ @dixonboat 10 Oct 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        the people's general!!! 👍

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