Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,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 2015 presidential election.
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 on Tuesday.
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”.