Saturday, January 10, 2015
Victor Ikpeba @V_Ikpeba Causes Stir Online As Fake Twitter Account Declares Support For @ThisIsBuhari
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Yesterday was quite a funny one as social media site Twitter went agog following a an alleged tweet by former Super Eagles player and sport analyst, Victor Ikpeba through a parody account which declared support for the APC Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari. The account @VictorIkpeba had tweeted "Even if Buhari present Nepa Bill as certificate, I would still vote for him" a tweet which quickly got thousands of retweets especially from Buhari supporters on social media. The tweet also trended on BBM as a munched version was quickly adopted by pro-Buhari supporters on the device as display picture.
However as the pomp waged on, the man at the central of the controversy, Victor Ikpeba came out to debunk the tweet while revealing that the account was being operated by an impostor. He tweeted via his official handle @V_Ikpeba that "I just want to state clearly that the recent trending statement(s) was not made by me VICTOR IKPEBA" he further tweeted "But rather by an imposter(s), I also want to use this time to again Officially announce that my Twitter Handle is @V_Ikpeba".
Although his statement still didn't deter some supporters of the APC who continued retweeting the post and using the image as display picture. Ikpeba's statement was also confirmed by revered Sport enthusiast; Colin Udoh who tweeted confirmation of the original account.
Yesterday was quite a funny one as social media site Twitter went agog following a an alleged tweet by former Super Eagles player and sport analyst, Victor Ikpeba through a parody account which declared support for the APC Presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari. The account @VictorIkpeba had tweeted "Even if Buhari present Nepa Bill as certificate, I would still vote for him" a tweet which quickly got thousands of retweets especially from Buhari supporters on social media. The tweet also trended on BBM as a munched version was quickly adopted by pro-Buhari supporters on the device as display picture.
However as the pomp waged on, the man at the central of the controversy, Victor Ikpeba came out to debunk the tweet while revealing that the account was being operated by an impostor. He tweeted via his official handle @V_Ikpeba that "I just want to state clearly that the recent trending statement(s) was not made by me VICTOR IKPEBA" he further tweeted "But rather by an imposter(s), I also want to use this time to again Officially announce that my Twitter Handle is @V_Ikpeba".
Although his statement still didn't deter some supporters of the APC who continued retweeting the post and using the image as display picture. Ikpeba's statement was also confirmed by revered Sport enthusiast; Colin Udoh who tweeted confirmation of the original account.
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