Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has dismissed a viral social media post falsely attributed to her, which criticised Nigerian leaders over the handling of insecurity.
Okonjo’s reaction came amid renewed controversy over comments by United States President, Donald Trump, who alleged that Christians were being killed in Nigeria.
Naijaonpoint reports that a post titled “Trump didn’t ‘hit’ us – our leaders did,” claimed that Okonjo-Iweala accused Nigerian leaders of prioritising rhetoric over decisive action against banditry and insurgency.
It also claimed that the former Minister of Finance urged Nigerian leaders to “stop the damage control speeches” and “secure the people.”
However, in a post via her 𝕏 on Saturday, the WTO DG described the viral social media post as fake and malicious, stressing that it did not originate from her.
She cautioned the public against believing or sharing the false information, adding that legal action was being taken against those responsible for the impersonation.
Okonjo-Iweala further condemned the impersonation and urged the culprits to take responsibility instead of hiding behind her identity.
She wrote, “Beware this story going around on WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook is false! We are taking action! The person who did this could not even spell my name. Whichever coward did this should write the message in their own name and not hide behind mine or anyone else’s!! Scammers and 419 ers stop!”
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