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Imam of Peace: Nigerians ride #BuhariResign to vent discontent on Twitter

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Nigerians are riding a wave on Twitter triggered by #BuhariResign to ask President MuhammaduBuhari to resign, citing insecurity, poor economic performance, and rising poverty.

Initiated by a certain Imam of Peace with a verified Twitter handle of over 700 thousand followers the hashtag has garnered over 49 thousand tweets as of 11:48 am on Saturday (and counting) ahead of the explosion in Akurewith some 42 thousand tweets.

The Imam of Peace describes himself as Imam Tawhidi, a peace advocate and an ordained scholar.