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Nigerians ask #WhereisTinubu on Twitter

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#WhereisTinubu is trending on social media. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the APC was absent at the signing of the national peace accord on Thursday held in Abuja.

The hashtag #WhereisTinubu which has morphed into #whereisemilokan, has been tweeted over over 4000 times along with a trending topic Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Nigerian twitter which has seen over 21,000 tweets since the first hashtag started trending.

Some of the tweets came with photos of the peace accord with the APC candidate not in frame. Posters of missing persons containing pictures of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, circulated on social media, with different memes.

Aisha Yesufu, a prominent female activist with exactly 1.4 million followers on Twitter, tweeted, “My stance has never wavered and I pray to God it doesn’t. I am interested in Nigeria, not the leaders. They are there to serve us. Where is Tinubu trending? The same question I asked seven years ago of their then presidential candidate.’’

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Another Nigerian, @AfamDeluxo Tweeted “APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu missing at the National Peace Accord in Abuja. Present is incoming president Mr. Peter Obi, Atiku, Kwankwaso and Shettima.”

The running mate of the APC presidential aspirant, Kashim Ibrahim Shettima was present , including presidential candidates from different parties.

This has led to people asking “Who is APC Presidential Candidate?”

@Chimatybt, an aspiring data analyst tweeted “ Kashim Shettima again? Who is actually the presidential candidate of the APC? Where is Tinubu?”

Here are some other concerned Nigerians tweets.

https://twitter.com/chimatybt/status/1575445435715670017?s=46&t=0PqEEzQCoC1LeKzoIeu5-Q

https://twitter.com/royaltyuso/status/1575440735138185219?s=46&t=0PqEEzQCoC1LeKzoIeu5-Q