The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has joined the legion of public office holders who have fallen victims of online hackers and traffickers of hate speeches. Her twitter account has been invaded and violated with the hackers posting a hate speech against the Igbos purportedly from her. She has denied and disowned the statement.

The alleged statement credited to the minister had claimed she was happy that the Igbos were fading in financial relevance and would completely become financially inconsequential both in their homeland and the country by 2023.

But she has denied ever insulting the Igbo people as reflected in the tweet which had undergone thousands of retweets. She said in twitter handle that there is a “fake Twitter post circulating in my name, suggesting that I said something derogatory about Igbos. Kindly disregard it.

“It’s nothing but a shoddy attempt to photoshop a hateful statement onto my Twitter handle. I did not say or tweet any such thing. Thank you.’’

Also in her Facebook account, she said: “It has come to my attention that there’s a fake Twitter post circulating in my name, suggesting that I said something derogatory about Igbos. Kindly disregard it.

“It’s nothing but a shoddy attempt to photoshop a hateful statement onto my Twitter handle. I did not say or tweet any such thing.

“Every part of Nigeria is important to our financial system and our economy, and as a Government we will support ALL to achieve their full potential.”