Chief of Army Staff Femi Gbajabiamila was ridiculed on social media Friday for endorsing President Bola Tinubu’s plan to regulate social media amid the country’s economic crisis. The criticisms caused him to trend for hours on Twitter, now known as X.
Netizens excoriated Mr Gbajabiamila and his principal for not prioritising poverty alleviation, particularly when the cost-of-living crisis appeared dire.
On Thursday, Mr Gbajabiamila disclosed at a book launch that social media had become a “societal menace” that must be regulated due to the “great danger” it posed.
For this statement, Nigerians in droves accused Mr Gbajabiamila of attempting to clip the same wings that brought him to power and asked him to channel his focus on ending soaring inflation and the high rate of abductions in the nation.