Money Cannot Buy My Stance On Any Matter, Says Ezekwesili, Denies Receiving Bribe To Back Natasha

Former Minister of Education and prominent public accountability advocate, Oby Ezekwesili, has firmly denied allegations that she received bribes to support Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in her sexual harassment claims against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

Ezekwesili issued a strongly worded memo on her verified X handle formerly Twitter in response to allegations made by Sandra Duru, a UK-based activist popularly known as Professor Mgbeke. Duru had claimed that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan fabricated the sexual harassment allegations and further alleged that Ezekwesili had been paid to back the claims.

Dismissing the accusations as baseless and laughable falsehoods, Ezekwesili reiterated her long-standing commitment to justice and transparency.

No sensible and decent person who knows my incorruptible track record is deceived by the ridiculous fabrications being peddled by your traducers, she wrote. They knowwithout a doubtthat no amount of money, not even all the wealth in every Central Bank in the world, can buy my convictions, voice, and stance on any matter I choose to support.