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Elon Musk Removes Muhammadu Buhari, Yemi Osinbajo, Tinubu, And Others’ Twitter Verification Badge

POSTED ON April 21, 2023 •   Nigeria      BY Akinbohun Samuel

Blue tick verification credentials have been deactivated for prominent people like President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and other important government officials.

Politicians have all lost their Twitter 'legacy' verified blue ticks, including the newly elected president, Bola Tinubu.

The candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi, the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, do not have blue ticks on their Twitter accounts, according to checks of the three parties' handles.

This is due to Twitter's decision on Thursday to remove all of its verified blue ticks from its "legacy" accounts.

'Legacy' blue ticks on Twitter were retired on Thursday as a result of Elon Musk's contentious move to alter the platform's verification process.

The change had an impact on a number of people, including journalists, famous people, and others due to Twitter's insistence that account users pay $8 a month to subscribe to "Twitter Blue" if they want to keep their verification badge.

For individuals who may want to reapply for the verification, the charge remains the same.

Many checkmarks vanished from Twitter profiles of users who objected to shelling out $8 per month for the conventional blue badge.

Initially, authenticated accounts of public figures including celebrities, politicians, and journalists were awarded "Legacy" blue ticks.

But once Musk took over, only Twitter Blue subscribers may keep a blue tick, while companies now have to pay for a gold tick.

This choice was made as part of Musk's campaign to eliminate the "lords & peasants system for who has or doesn't have a blue checkmark."

Earlier this month, Musk tweeted, "Final date for removing legacy blue checks is April 20."

The elimination of "legacy" ticks was supposed to begin on April 1, however many were still present after that date, which caused uncertainty.

Ten days later, Musk subsequently declared that the "final date" for eradicating these ticks will be April 20.

Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido, were also impacted. The microblogging platform has deleted their verification badges.

Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesman for the Lagos State Police, was also caught in the controversy when he jokingly claimed he was not paying a dollar.

"Legacy verification gone." He tweeted on Thursday, "I no dey pay shishi."

Twitter's move is still being criticized on social media, with some claiming that the verification process was rendered ineffective because anyone could impersonate another by simply subscribing to the "Twitter Blue."

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