Nigeria’s ruling party may have sold its verified Twitter handle to John McAfee

In one of the most bizarre things on social media in 2018, Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress political party seems to have sold its verified Twitter handle which now spots a profile photo and biography of John McAfee. As it stands, the account violates one of Twitter’s rules (which results in loss of verified status) relating to verified accounts which states that a verified Twitter account may not “Intentionally mislead(ing) people on Twitter by changing one’s display name or bio.” Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) political party was founded on 6 February 2013 in preparation of the western Afrikan countries 2015 elections. During those elections,…

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