A man known as Ike Ihiala offered to pay the monthly fee for the verification badge of the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
WITHIN NIGERIA on Thursday reported that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Twitter, Elon Musk deactivated the verification badge from users on the Microblogging platform who had not subscribed for the blue-tick.
The former governor of Anambra State’s Twitter account was compromised, as were the accounts of several other political figures, journalists, celebrities, and others.
To keep their accounts verified, some politicians have decided to pay for the subscription.
Ihiala, who appears to be upset with Twitter for removing Obi’s verification badge, offered to pay for his subscription.
According to Ihiala, he is working hard to keep Obi verified so that criminal elements do not impersonate the presidential candidate, whom he has referred to as the people’s President.
Ihiala in a post on his Twitter account on Friday wrote;
Since @elonmusk is personally paying for the @TwitterBlue Verification Badge of at least three celebrities, I’ll pay for the restoration/monthly subscription of the Verification Badge of the People’s President, H.E. @PeterObi.
We don’t want criminal elements impersonating the People’s President in any guise on this super information highway.
@Twitter, how do we go about this, ASAP?