Some Nigerians have taken to social media to react to a thread by David Abdulrazak Atta, a Twitter user, which linked Modupe Odele, Rinu Oduala and Mr Macaroni, three prominent #EndSARS activists, to Atiku Abubakar.
On Sunday, Atta had in the Twitter thread shared screenshots of previous tweets by the three persons wherein they could be seen showing interests in the former vice-president’s political ambition.
Atiku was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 general election.
The thread has since ignited heated controversies on the microblogging platform with a number of Nigerians expressing mixed reactions.
It has also led some of them to further dig up other old politically-motivated tweets made by the trio.
While some users questioned the credibility of the #EndSARS activists, others backed them, arguing that they are entitled to support political candidates of their choice during election.
“…Takes nothing away from the agitation really for me, but indeed it takes some credibility away from this lead agitators,” a Twitter user wrote.
“Hmm… Apply Pressure…. Retweet Aggressively…. So this is the game… So you guys call this a fight back? So disheartening….,” another user wrote.
“Believe this at your own peril! Let them copy the tweet links and post for us. Too much attempted thought control going on,” a user replied.
Here is what some Nigerians had to say:
Rinu & Macaroni didn’t only support Atiku in 2019, they have also been planning the #EndSARS protest since 2019 too
Since BMC wants to be stupid ??
— TheBabaTee ?? (@TheBabaTee) November 8, 2020
STOP DELETING YOUR OLD TWEETS!
Se wan fi se yin ni?
You can support @atiku and still support #EndSARS
— Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí (@ogundamisi) November 8, 2020
People want to be perfect now.. forgetting growth is a process and there is no shame in making mistake in the past if they nno longer live there…
— Isqil Najim? (@isqilnajim) November 8, 2020
End sars was a sincere agitation but too many interest groups took over the movement, the reason they didn’t want to have a leader , there was the madam Oby Ababoku, feminist coven, atikultes, dense yeyebrities etc
— PATRIOT (@scarfizal) November 8, 2020
Sigh! I’ve never accepted that the protest in its entirety, and the ensuing destruction and looting of properties was sponsored. But with all I’ve been seeing on Twitter this evening, I don’t know anymore. I honestly don’t. https://t.co/K1mJ2sjBkU
— Bright Eugene VII (@BryteDude) November 8, 2020
Soro… Soke…. ? pic.twitter.com/lQ18Rbpuuv
— David Abdulrazak Atta (@the_davidatta) November 8, 2020
Don’t tweet in 2019 what you may delete in 2020…
Be Konsistent… Not Atikulated. https://t.co/zMTQmhNQmb— David Abdulrazak Atta (@the_davidatta) November 8, 2020
So, Rinu has started deleting her tweets in support of Atiku during 2019 elections?
So, this children has been disguising all along?
— Adetola A. Kehinde (IGBOMINA) (@Optimistic_Ade) November 8, 2020