TWEETS OF THE DAY

7 TOP TWEETS OF THE DAY

August 4, 2016 7:59 PM

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Today, Nigerians on Twitter reacted to the budget padding scandal between Abdulminin Jubrin and speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. A new hashtag #EFCCArrestCrookJibrinNOW made the rounds on Twitter after a screenshot allegedly showing WhatsApp chats between the embattled lawmaker and online news medium, Sahara reporters went viral. Here’s the chat:

Revealed
Jesus oooooooooooooo
#EFCCArrestCrookJibrinNOW pic.twitter.com/aHRptQqfEE

— Cavil Uduak Inwang (@cavilT) August 4, 2016

Following this the man in the eye of the storm, former chairman of Appropriation Committee, Abdulminin Jibrin, reacted on his twitter handle, @abdulabmj:

This immediately got reactions from Nigerians.

The Nigerian twitter-sphere also commented on Sport Minister, Solomon Dalung’s gaffe. While responding to newsmen when he was asked to speak about Nigeria’s U-23 football team who were stranded in the US after they refused to board a plane they said was too small to carry them to Rio, Brazil for the Olympics.

Solomon had said:

“Our U-23 team suffering in the #United States of Nigeria, What are there for? Because they are U-23 and they went to US and they are having problems, does that become our business? ”

Barraged with tweets and taken to the cleaners by Nigerians, the minister was forced to set his account to private

Thesheet.ng brings you 7 of the best Twitter reactions today:

@Stephen_Oladejo: suggests that those trending the hashtag have been paid money.His reasoning is in line with the old saying that money is the root of all evil…

#EFCCArrestCrookJibrinNOW thu kind hashtag support the age-long saying that "Money is the root of all evil'. Bloggers!!! there is God o

— S. S. Oladejo Esq (@Stephen_Oladejo) August 4, 2016

@Roland_Ajayi: thinks that those who started#EFCCArrestCrookJibrinNOW are criminals who the EFCC should arrest.

the criminals who started the #EFCCArrestCrookJibrinNOW hashtag & corrupt Dogara are the people EFCC should go after.

— Ajayi Roland (@Roland_Ajayi) August 4, 2016

3. @ambalium: thinks that the trending hashtag shows how desperate Nigerians can be

First it was a fake whatsapp chat with @SaharaReporters and now they paid some crook to say #EFCCArrestCrookJibrinNOW somebody is desperate!

— Timmy Ambali®‎ (@ambalium) August 4, 2016

4. @ThaVincent: concludes that this is all because of jibrin’s revelations…

Because Hon. Jibrin made some revelations that didnt go well with ur political patronage, you are trending #EFCCArrestCrookJibrinNOW?

— I Am Enyene!!! (@ThaVincent) August 4, 2016

5. @Adebanqie: tells the perfect Nigerian situation.

One made allegations & submitted evidence to EFFC

The other pays hungry youths to trend #EFCCArrestCrookJibrinNOW

The difference is CLEAR

— Banky (@AdeBanqie) August 4, 2016

6. Speaking on the gaffe, @stephen_Oladejo sums it up that Dalung is a “fantastically useless” minister…

United States of Nigeria, this when you know these politicians don't want to serve this country. Dalung is a fantastically useless minister

— S. S. Oladejo Esq (@Stephen_Oladejo) August 4, 2016

7. Businessman @amcalled_nuel already have a customised polo. Lol…