The leading candidates in the 2013 Anambra State governorship election have since abandoned their social media accounts, especially Twitter, which came in quite handy during the campaigns.
Those who signed up for major social networking sites in the build up to the elections were the governor-elect, Willie Obiano of the ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance; Senator Chris Ngige of the All Progressives Congress; Dr. Patrick Ubah of the Labour Party; and Tony Nwoye of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The four candidates had leveraged the use of Twitter to announce their policy thrusts, build recognition, as well as canvass votes from the people.
Investigation by iPUNCH on Monday, however, showed that they are struggling to stay on the social platform, barely two months after the elections.
For instance, Obiano, who had stated that he campaigned vigorously on Twitter and pledged to remain visible on the social network, may have broken his promise.
Basking in the euphoria of his victory at the poll, he had tweeted, You will still see me here on Twitter. Im here with you. It will be a long journey, but I want to rely on your sincere observations here on Twitter of our successes and mistakes to get this journey right.
The governor-elect was last seen by his followers on the micro-blogging service on December 24 when he posted a message on his Twitter feed.
It is noteworthy that during the electioneering, Obiano had kept up with conversations on the social network so much that he tweeted 114 times on October 25, barely 21 days to the election.
A visit to Nwoyes Twitter page reveals that the PDP standard bearer drew the curtains on his use of the social network two days after the first round of the election. In fact, five of his followers have since unsubscribed themselves from receiving his tweets because of the seeming lack of activity on his Twitter feed.
Although Nwoyes followers were 132 as at December 2, the number dropped to 127 by Monday.
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Anambra governorship candidates abandon Twitter after elections