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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 17 Jan 2017

    Nigerian warship heads for The Gambia ahead of Thursday deadline for Jammeh to quit, BBC understands http://bbc.in/2jGfGYf  #BBCAfricaLive

    8:02 AM - 17 Jan 2017
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      1. boo jan‏ @kaachadoo 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We are grateful to #Nigeria and the ecowas for their help. When your neighbours hse is on fire, u carry water.

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      2. Chukwu Gekwu‏ @hoguejiofor1 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @NkirukaNistoran Nigeria army and Buhari can't defeat common boko haram in Nigeria, trying to play another politics in Gambia.

        1 reply 91 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Chukwu Gekwu‏ @hoguejiofor1 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @NkirukaNistoran Buhari, who has disobeyed Ecowas and court orders doesn't have the right to tell jammeh to quit.

        1 reply 83 retweets 3 likes
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      2. simmyu‏ @simmyu 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @barth_ihewuezi What a shame & sorry for a country, cannot behave herself yet wants to police her neighbours. SHAME ON NIGERIA

        2 replies 4 retweets 7 likes
      3. Jaafaru™‏ @Jaaf247 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @simmyu @BBCAfrica

        shame on you! Including.

        0 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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      1. Chukwu Gekwu‏ @hoguejiofor1 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @NkirukaNistoran Buhari is a genocidest, that plotted a coup in Nigeria 1983, is now fighting another person for the same issue

        0 replies 93 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Mudathir Dangaata‏ @MDangaata 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I'm proud as a West African (African). Dictators have no place here.

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      2. Mike A. Ukueje‏ @MikeUkueje 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @irene_achamaja Nigeria should quench the fire at home before going to Gambia.

        3 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
      3. MacHarry GCFR‏ @Raw_Diplomat 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @MikeUkueje @BBCAfrica @irene_achamaja

        what fire?

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      4. Obot Ubong  🔴 🔵‏ @ObotUbong 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Raw_Diplomat @MikeUkueje and

        don't mind the pdp apologiest.

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      5. MacHarry GCFR‏ @Raw_Diplomat 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @ObotUbong @MikeUkueje and

        I am not an APC fan either. I just wanted to know what exactly he was talking about.

        3 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      6. irene‏ @irene_achamaja 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Raw_Diplomat @ObotUbong and

        you don't have to be APC to know the guy is writing bullshit

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. MacHarry GCFR‏ @Raw_Diplomat 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @irene_achamaja @ObotUbong and

        it is tad too stereotypical 2 tag a person a PDP member coz he disagrees with your views.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      8. Obot Ubong  🔴 🔵‏ @ObotUbong 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @Raw_Diplomat @irene_achamaja @MikeUkueje

        I don't ve a view yet for him to disagree with. his words shows hate for buhari not his actions

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Sopuluchukwu Agwuna‏ @SensitiveSam 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @ObotUbong @Raw_Diplomat and

        so you don't know that Nigeria is burning?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Adaje Obi'abo Sunday‏ @AdajeObiaboSund 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @NGRWailers @julietkego @ChidiOdinkalu @amdonlinenow @elnas01 @channelstv @NewSETA @fqdayib @daily_trust yahaya jammeh must go!!

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      1. WHYTE‏ @whitley602 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @Uruokpala So the Nigerian President hasn't been able to settle his own problems in his country his heading to Gambia??

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      1. Cyril Quaye‏ @bishopbelly 17 Jan 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I wish d Nigerian president will put same zest in tackling issues bedevilling his country.#Fulaniheardsmen;#Southernkaduna etc.

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