Politicians, including the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and other candidates in the February 25 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, have all lost their Twitter 'legacy' verified blue ticks.
This decision came as part of Musk’s efforts to get rid of the so-called “lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark.”
April 1 was the initial date to kickstart the removal of ‘legacy’ ticks, but many remained after this date giving rise to confusion.
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