Nigeria, May 8 -- Turkish authorities have blocked the X (formerly Twitter) account of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu following a legal request connected to a post made in April.

Imamoglu, who has nearly 10 million followers, has been in jail since March 19 after he was accused of corruption charges he denies.

His detention led to major protests across the country, with thousands hitting the streets in his support.

On Thursday morning, users in Turkey could no longer view his account, as a message on the platform stated it had been withheld due to a legal order.

The Turkish presidency later confirmed that the move followed an investigation by Istanbul prosecutors into a post shared on Imamoglu's account on April 24.

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