Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Former Nigeria’s minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala has disowned recordings and news items attributed to her currently circulation on different social media platforms.

The former Minister in a statement she personally signed on Thursday warned the public to beware of the news items in which she was quoted as making political statements as they did not emanate from from her.

The Minister said, “It has been brought to my attention that a number of fake news items with my photo and fake voice recordings of me making political utterances are circulating on social media.

“I want the public to beware of such fake news items. They are being put out by politically motivated people with malicious intent.

“It is the 2019 political season and such people are desperate to destroy and distract for power.

“I want to state categorically, as I have always done, that I will not be distracted from the focused international assignments I am engaged with.