Twitter suspends account of Nigerian president for ‘abusive behavior’

Twitter has temporarily suspended Nigeria’s president from the site over complaints that he had threatened genocide against rebels.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday warned insurrectionists that they were in for a “rude shock” — then tweeted a message referring to the 1967-70 civil war that killed 1 million people. “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction and loss of lives that occurred during the Nigerian Civil War,” he tweeted.