LAGOS — A Facebook post by Ezeokafor Blessing has gone viral after she accused her brother, popularly known as “Jowizaza”, of exaggerating the family’s wealth online and putting their father’s life at risk.
In two separate posts on Thursday, Blessing said the social media “noise” about money that the family does not have is attracting the wrong attention.
*”My brother, u are the cause of this madness. Social media noise. When we don’t have that money, u use audio money to make hudroms think the money is available,”* she wrote.
She alleged that the family is facing serious financial problems, claiming: *”We are owing bank FCMB 40 billion naira… U are owing union bank. No hope to pay.”* She also mentioned debts to an American company, “Feedco”.
Blessing expressed fear that the online hype has made people believe the family is rich, saying: *”Now ur madness has made people think we have money. Kidnappers they don’t have money. It is audio money, pls leave my dad alone.”*
She added that her father needs medication and pleaded: *”If anything happens to my dad, I will hold u responsible… I don’t want anything to happen to my dad.”*
In a follow-up post, she defended speaking out: *”So u want those kidnappers to think we have money and refuse to give them and kill him there.. I will now become fatherless.”* She also warned bloggers: *”Any blogger that I see exaggerating us again will have questions to answer.”*
She concluded that “coming to Facebook was the biggest mistake my brother made” and insisted “we have simple life not exaggerating wealth.”
The posts have sparked reactions online, with many calling for the family to resolve the matter privately while others expressed concern over the safety of their father.
As of press time, “Jowizaza” is yet to publicly respond to the allegations.
