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Elon Musk: Twitter agree to let world richest man buy app for $44bn

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Di board of Twitter don agree to $44bn takeover offer from Elon Musk.

Oga Musk wey shock pipo wen e make di offer last week say Twitter get "tremendous potential" wey im wan unlock.

E don also ask make dem change tins like reduce hand for di content dem dey restrict and how to comot fake account.

Di company for di beginning bin reject im offer, but now dem go ask dia shareholders to vote so dem go fit approve di deal.

Elon Musk na di richest pesin for di world, according to Forbes magazine.

Im estimated net worth be $273.6bn most of dem na sake of di shares wey im get for di electric vehicle maker, Tesla wey im dey run. E also dey head di aerospace company Space X.

Oga Musk for statement wey im take announce di deal say, "Free speech na di foundation for functioning democracy, and Twitter na di digital town square wia pipo fit debate on mata wey dey important to di future of humanity."

E add say, "I also wan make Twitter better than ever by improving di product with new features, make di algorithms to dey open source to increase trust, defeat spam bots and authenticate all humans."

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