Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied speaking recently in the United States on the position of Niger Delta over agitations for Biafra.
The former leader, in a statement on Saturday by his media adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, also disowned an online publication which claimed that he spoke on the relationship between the South East and Niger Delta.
Mr Jonathan was reported to have made the speech in Texas, US about the Niger Delta and Biafra.
“Our attention has been drawn to a fake story with the title, ‘Why Niger Deltans don’t want to be part of Biafra’ currently circulating online and purported to have been taken from a speech allegedly presented by former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan at an unnamed event in Texas, the United States,” the statement said.
Mr Eze also said it was the second time in three years that Jonathan would be issuing a disclaimer on the purported speech, adding that the former president could not delivered such speech as he neither travelled to the US nor sent anyone to represent him at the unnamed event.
“The story which is being recycled in some online platforms claimed that the former President allegedly spoke on the relationship between the people of the Niger Delta and South East states while addressing the broader issue of agitation for Biafra.
“We want to clearly state, as we did in 2017, that there was no such event involving the former President and that Dr Goodluck Jonathan will never present such a sloppy and hate-filled speech,” the statement said.
