By Chris Onuoha

Pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa has denied the claim that he said the World Bank through the former Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Iweala agreed to loan the Biafra Government a sum of $57.5 billion.

Ekpa made this clarification in a statement on Thursday. His comment came after Iweala described a fake statement from an impersonated handle of Ekpa on X saying the World Bank had okayed a $57.5 billion loan for Biafra agitation.

“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”, Iweala, the Director General of World Trade Organisation stated in her response to the fake X account on Thursday through her official handle!

However, reacting to Iweala’s statement, Ekpa said he never made any comment regarding the World Bank loan. He said the statement is false.

“I never tweeted such, it is even surprising that you can tweet this because your name was mentioned, we have been tweeting about the terrorism in Nigeria and you never responded. But you eventually reacted to what someone did with your name.

“It shows you are a mother. Thank you for reacting, but I never tweeted such a thing, it is false and fake”.