Nigerian man who predicted Abuja attacks deletes Twitter account



A Twitter user, Chima Okoro, who predicted the attacks in Abuja on Friday on the social networking site, has deactivated his account.


Okoro, with @chimaokoro63 as his username on Twitter, between 8.34 am and 9.12 am on October 1, had repeatedly posted: “I pray for Nigeria: there will be a bomb blast in Abuja &Lagos, Boko Haram is going to attack and kill police_army &_ Navy their evils (sic).”


In the profile picture of the account, which was captured by other users before the user deactivated it, a young man of dark complexion is seen slouching in a room with cream-coloured walls, dressed in a red T-shirt, while holding up a mobile phone in his left hand and smiling to the camera.

Checks on Twitter revealed that other users had started raising the alarm about Okoro’s tweets as early as 10 pm on Friday.

One user, Eduozor Henrie, at 10:47 pm, said, “@Omojuwa @toluogunlesi @ogundamisi, please guys see the timeline of @chimaokoro63… worrying. He tweeted this yesterday.”

Another user, @md_oyereyi at 11:31 pm, said, “The attention of the DSS and other security agencies should be called to this… @Ifyduoz @Omojuwa @toluogunlesi @ogundamisi.”

Debo Oduola, at 11:32 pm, said, “@Ifyduoz @toluogunlesi @Omojuwa @ogundamisi @chimaokoro63 he should be arrested asap,” while Dame Jayla Peperempe, in her reaction (11:03 pm), said, “Hmmm this is all he tweeted yesterday.”

Ogundana Michael (11:16 pm) said, “Who is this that tweeted this? He tweeted this just yesterday!” and Dogoh Orduen @MackDogoh (11:18 pm) expressing disbelief, said, “@MickeySunny @chimaokoro63 you are kidding me!!!”
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  1. In a civilized country with good technology. This man will be captured for questioning and if found guilty then he has answers to many questions about Boko Haram. It's sad nothing Nigeria government and officers of the law can do about it. Cos they lack knowledge.

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  2. That he predicted it does not mean he planned it. We should ask him how he came about his information. We may learn something from him. That is the civilized way to go. If he is a prophet or psychic we then employ his services. If he is a criminal he will face the music. In either cas he is a person of interest .

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  3. I believe this guy know something about boko haram. If not y deleting his twitter account. We look unto our leaders to do something about it. Am in kuje area coumcil and ssa the havok this bomb did to people

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    1. The man may not have known anything about it. There are people who dream of things and those things happen. Even they themselves do not know why. The man must have been scared that what he predicted actually happened, and if you were in his shoes, you would be scared too because everyone would consider you a suspect.

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    2. You must have a dementia or something. Religious Superstition has beclouded most Nigerian psyche.

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  4. Arrest him immediately, this is why most people are afraid of giving information on some issues in Nigeria. Who would want to give information when his or her life will be in danger of being arrested. It could be that the said person new nothing about the blast. May be he is a seer of an ndoctor, or a prophet, now people are calling for his arrest. I know that most people are here to insult and abuse others. In Nigeria it is not new to receive insults.

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