The @ThisIsBuhari Twitter handle of General
Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), has amassed
over 45,000 followers in just four days.
By contrast, President Goodluck Jonathan’s
@JGoodlucktweets, which is four years old, has just about
40,000 more followers.
Jonathan created his Twitter account exactly 1,634 days
ago, on July 6 2010, and now has 84,800 followers. The
account appears to have stopped growing, as it has been in
the region of 84,000 since he declared his run for a second
term a few weeks ago.
Buhari’s account was created on Dec 22, and had by the
afternoon of December 26, Eastern Standard Time,
amassed a following of 45,200.
It is also of interest that in the past four years, President
Jonathan has tweeted only 129 times, about two tweets per
month. His last tweet appeared on November 11, 2014.
In comparison, Buhari has tweeted 55 times in his four
days on Twitter, his last one appearing yesterday,
December 25, 2014.
Buhari’s running mate, Yemi Osinbajo, also got into Twitter
two weeks ago, on December 10, and his followers are now
up to 25,000.
Vice President Namadi Sambo, who is also running for a
second term, has an even older Twitter account than
President Jonathan’s, but although his account was
created in February 2010, he has only 3,188 followers.
When running for office in 2010, President Jonathan was
very active on Facebook and Twitter, which he used to lure
younger voters.
After the election, when the same supporters, some of
whom said they had voted to him but not the PDP, began to
demand accountability and productivity, they were quietly
ignored by President Jonathan.
As their agitations mounted on social media, in August
2012 President openly denounced them through spokesman
Reuben Abati, who in an article called them “army of
sponsored and self-appointed anarchists,” competing
among themselves to pull him down.
Jonathan included in the demographic “all the cynics, the
pestle-wielding critics, the unrelenting, self-appointed
activists, the idle and idling, twittering, collective children
of anger, the distracted crowd of Facebook addicts, the
BBM-pinging soap opera gossips of Nigeria.”
It is an assault the very vocal group does not seem to have
forgotten.


http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/26/just-4-days-buhari’s-twitter-followers-already-over-half-jonathan’s-twitter-account

I guess Inec just passed a new law that makes the highest number of follower makes you win the election outrightly....mtchew buhari is an ode oshi

ladies are welcomed. he is talking about twitter.

okiezman:
I guess Inec just passed a new law that makes the highest number of follower makes you win the election outrightly....mtchew buhari is an ode oshi

Was it Buhari that wrote the article? Dont you think you are the real Ode here?

He got a twitter account only because he wants to rule. All these ancient men trying to rule this country without 21 century compliant brain will only take us back one century. The youths are not the leaders of tomorrow, our fathers are

okiezman:
I guess Inec just passed a new law that makes the highest number of follower makes you win the election outrightly....mtchew buhari is an ode oshi

The old guy will win online no doubt.

Let it b 1 billion he wil stil lose. NO VACANCY IN ASO ROCK.

Who cares? e concern me?

ej77:
Let it b 1 billion he wil stil lose. NO VACANCY IN ASO ROCK.

guy u beta tell bro.Jona to be packing his load for otuoke next year

I hope his followers have voters card sha........The real voters that will decide Feb 14 election dont even know what twitter is

dajoaneke:
He got a twitter account only because he wants to rule. All these ancient men trying to rule this country without 21 century compliant brain will only take us back one century. The youths are not the leaders of tomorrow, our fathers are

No lies, #facts only

He only opened twitter account cos he's contesting for presidency . . . . Gold digging

okiezman:
The @ThisIsBuhari Twitter handle of General
Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of
the All Progressives Congress (APC), has amassed
over 45,000 followers in just four days.
By contrast, President Goodluck Jonathan’s
@JGoodlucktweets, which is four years old, has just about
40,000 more followers.
Jonathan created his Twitter account exactly 1,634 days
ago, on July 6 2010, and now has 84,800 followers. The
account appears to have stopped growing, as it has been in
the region of 84,000 since he declared his run for a second
term a few weeks ago.
Buhari’s account was created on Dec 22, and had by the
afternoon of December 26, Eastern Standard Time,
amassed a following of 45,200.
It is also of interest that in the past four years, President
Jonathan has tweeted only 129 times, about two tweets per
month. His last tweet appeared on November 11, 2014.
In comparison, Buhari has tweeted 55 times in his four
days on Twitter, his last one appearing yesterday,
December 25, 2014.
Buhari’s running mate, Yemi Osinbajo, also got into Twitter
two weeks ago, on December 10, and his followers are now
up to 25,000.
Vice President Namadi Sambo, who is also running for a
second term, has an even older Twitter account than
President Jonathan’s, but although his account was
created in February 2010, he has only 3,188 followers.
When running for office in 2010, President Jonathan was
very active on Facebook and Twitter, which he used to lure
younger voters.
After the election, when the same supporters, some of
whom said they had voted to him but not the PDP, began to
demand accountability and productivity, they were quietly
ignored by President Jonathan.
As their agitations mounted on social media, in August
2012 President openly denounced them through spokesman
Reuben Abati, who in an article called them “army of
sponsored and self-appointed anarchists,” competing
among themselves to pull him down.
Jonathan included in the demographic “all the cynics, the
pestle-wielding critics, the unrelenting, self-appointed
activists, the idle and idling, twittering, collective children
of anger, the distracted crowd of Facebook addicts, the
BBM-pinging soap opera gossips of Nigeria.”
It is an assault the very vocal group does not seem to have
forgotten.


http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/26/just-4-days-buhari’s-twitter-followers-already-over-half-jonathan’s-twitter-account

following any of them on social media will not amount to vote. fayemi had more follower than fayose but fayose won the election. I follow both of them to get first hand information and nothing more. if am been counted as a follower for election purpose, they are on their own and I believe there are many more like me as followers. God bless Nigeria

mesoade:
guy u beta tell bro.Jona to be packing his load for otuoke next year

buhari wil lose.

ej77:
buhari wil lose.

it's clear that buhari will win from all indications . . If Gej wins,na rigging tinz b dat

SW people think.

Poverty can't leave SW if we don't embrace the following


Resource control

Fiscal federalism

Privatization

Political federalism

Decentralization of Nigeria

Restructuring of Nigeria

Institutions submitting their quarterly activities to public scrutiny


Which are the fastest route to economic diversification , citizenry prosperity and political stability.



SW don't sell your future for the post of VP

I hope the OP also keeps in mind that Fayemi had more followers than Fayose at the time of the Ekiti election.

d words on d street is gmb all d way.Nigerians wnt change nd will gt it nxt yr God willing