The central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disowned several twitter accounts purportedly owned by the Gover of Nigeria’s central bank governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.
In a statement on Tuesday, Isaac Okorafor, Ag. Director Corporate Communication of CBN, the apex bank said that Mr. Emefiele does not have a twitter account and advised the general public and social media users to be wary of such accounts.
Full text of the statement…
The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to the existence of several twitter handles purportedly owned by the Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele.
We wish to inform members of the public, particularly members of the social media community that Mr. Emefiele currently has no twitter handle. We wish to state categorically, therefore, that the twitter handles bearing the name and photographs of Mr. Emefiele are fake and targeted at misleading unsuspecting members of the public.
Accordingly, we wish to advise all members of the social media community and the general public to be wary of the fake accounts and discountenance whatever message conveyed therein.
Isaac Okorafor
Ag. Director, Corporate Communications