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Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday said he is being impersonated by fraudsters.
Jonathan alleged that a fraudulent Instagram handle has been impersonating him.
In a statement by his Media Aide,
Ikechukwu Eze, the former President insisted that he does not operate any Instagram handle.
The statement is titled ‘Beware of fake Instagram account impersonating H.E. Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’.
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“Our attention has been drawn to a fraudulent Instagram account operating under the handle goodluck_ebelejonathan, which is falsely impersonating former President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
“This impostor account has been deceitfully posting content, some copied from Dr. Jonathan’s Facebook page, while pretending to represent the former President.
“We wish to emphasise that Dr. Jonathan does not operate any Instagram account.
“The media and members of the public are strongly advised to disregard, avoid sharing, or promoting any content originating from this fake profile,” the statement read.
In other news, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confirmed that it will on Friday, August 15, arraign the suspects arrested at a hotel within the former President Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, for alleged internet fraud.
The Eastern Updates recalls that EFCC operatives on Sunday raided the premises of the OOPL and arrested 93 suspects for alleged involvement in internet fraud.
The EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, in a statement issued on Thursday, said that out of the 93 suspects, 23 would be arraigned before Justice D. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos.
