The Twitter handle, @NDAvengers, used by destructive militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, to announce its activities has been suspended by the social media platform.
The militant group has announced its attacks, which have negatively affected oil production in the country, via its Twitter handle.
In series of tweets on Sunday morning, the group through the handle announced its attacks on oil facilities operated by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Chevron Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Petroleum Development Company.
The account which was suspended in the later part of Monday morning, was functional between 6:00am and 8:00am.
The message on the social media platform read, “Account suspended! This account has been suspended. Learn more about why Twitter suspends accounts, or return to your timeline.”
The spokesman of the Avengers, Mudoch Agbinibo, confirmed the suspension in a statement posted on Facebook.
It added, “Notice! This is to bring to your notice that our twitter handle @www.twitter.com/@ndavengers has been suspended and our blog @www.nigerdeltaavengers disabled.
“We use this medium to appeal to our fans and supporter to be very careful with any website or twitter claiming to represent us. We shall launch new accounts soon! We must continue the struggle!!!”
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