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James Ibori, former governor of Delta state, who returned to the country on Saturday, after serving a jail term in the UK, has denied joining Twitter.

Tony Eluemunor, spokesman of the Nigerian politician, disclosed this in a statement.

The denial is coming two days after the account @chiefibori was opened in his name.

The profile on @chiefibori read: “Politician, Former Governor of Delta State (1999-2007), Dad, Philanthropist and Business man.”

At exactly 8:08am, the handle released its first tweet: Good morning Nigerians#myfirstTweet.

The next tweet, at 9:32am, read: “I’m excited to reunite with my people. The strength of any politician lies in hands of his followers.”

A video of the rapturous welcome he received in his home town, Oghara, in Delta state, on Saturday evening, was also embedded.

Shortly after, there was a third tweet: “The energy yesterday was electrifying and intimidating. I’m grateful.”

As of 3:06pm, the account had 216 followers – while following nobody yet.

But many Twitter users trolled him instantly.

One wrote: “Delete your account”.

There are insinuations that the account is being disowned because of the torrent of trolling he has been receiving.