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The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has strongly denied claims that she facilitated a $57.5 billion loan for the Biafra Republic Government in exile.
The denial comes in response to a post by Simon Ekpa on X (formerly Twitter), which falsely alleged that Okonjo-Iweala had helped secure the loan from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Ekpa’s October 23, 2024, tweet implied that the loan was meant to support the formation of the Biafra government following a planned declaration of independence on December 2, 2024.
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He wrote, “The World Bank and IMF have agreed to loan the sum of $57.5 billion to Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE) to form our government after December 2nd 2024 declaration of Biafra.
I thank our sister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for helping me to facilitate the loan.”
However, Okonjo-Iweala swiftly debunked the claim in a terse statement also shared on her X account.
She dismissed the post as false, stating, “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!”
The misleading post has sparked several reactions.
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! pic.twitter.com/rVE4U0b1tq
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (@NOIweala) October 24, 2024
