Twitter unverifies VP Yemi Osinbajo’s account, deletes 2,399 tweets

Micro-blogging social network, Twitter, unverified the account of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, amid speculation that there was an attempt to hack the account.

All tweets by the account have since been deleted and his profile picture and header image have been taken down.

The account which no longer shows up in Twitter query was said to have been suspended, retrieved and unverified — all in less than 24 hours.

The Vice President’s office is yet to give any reasons for this. There are speculations that the account became unverified after attempts by some persons to hack it.