Twitter: ‘Lai Mohammed Will Claim FG Forced Jack Dorsey To Resign’ – Aisha Yesufu

Following Jack Dorsey’s resignation as Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Aisha Yesufu, popular social media activist, has said that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, would claim responsibility for his quitting.

Earlier, the co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey stepped down from his executive role.

Aisha Yesufu said that the government would soon tell Nigerians that Jack’s resignation was part of negotiations to return the social media platform to the Nigerian space.

Dorsey, who posted the first-ever tweet in 2006, will be replaced by Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Parag Agrawal.

Elliott Management and billionaire investor Paul Singer had advised the tech guru to step down from Twitter or Square, his financial payments company.

In an announcement of Monday, the company said Dorsey would exit but remain on the board until the stockholder meeting in 2022.

“I wouldn’t be surprised to hear Lai Mohammed claim they forced Jack to resign. They might even say it was part of the agreement for them to unban twitter in Nigeria,” Aisha tweeted.