Former Minister of Finance and coordinating Economy, Professor Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has denied facilitating financial aid to Biafra. She made the clarification through her X-handle on Thursday in a reaction to a tweet from a Finland based Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. In the statement she wrote:
“I know no sensible person will believe what is contained in the outrageous tweet below but in these troubled times it is important to underscore that the statement is false. Again I enjoin all those seeking to misuse my name to desist”
Earlier Simon Ekpa had tweeted that the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE) had received the sum of $57.5 billion from IMF and World as loan through the effort of Profession Okonjo – Iweala.
“The World Bank and IMF have agreed to loan the sum of $57.5 billion to Biafra Republic Governmnet in Exile(BRGIE) to form our government after December 2nd declaration of Biafra. I thank our sister, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala for helping me to facilitate the loan” Simon Ekpa wrote in his X-handle.
