Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance has denied having anything
to do with a poster circulating on the internet in which she was paired with
former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as candidate for 2019
presidential election.
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| The Poster |
In the poster which has
been widely circulating on the internet, the former finance minister was
depicted as the Vice presidential candidate to Atiku.
But the former minister
completely disowned the poster in a statement signed by Paul Nwabuikwu, her
media consultant and circulated to press men yesterday.
The full statement reads:
Our attention has been drawn to speculative media stories linking former
Minister of Finance, Dr Okonjo-Iweala with the next presidential election
scheduled to hold in 2019.
“In an effort to invest
their efforts with phony credibility, those behind the project have even gone
to the extent of designing a fake campaign poster embossed with her image.
“This is to clarify that
Dr Okonjo-Iweala who is busy with important international duties has absolutely
nothing to do with these speculations and activities.
“She has neither
discussed nor endorsed them with anybody.
‘We urge the Nigerian
media and public to ignore this mischievous exercise and its sponsors”.
* Source: The News Guru
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