Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia North has warned Nigerians about fraudsters using WhatsApp to impersonate him.
In a statement from his media office on Thursday, Kalu urged the public to ignore any messages from two mobile numbers being used for the scheme.
“Kindly disregard the two numbers claiming to be Senator Orji Uzor Kalu,” the statement said. “Since the inception of network services, Senator Kalu has consistently been in communication with a single network line and these numbers below are none of them. The general public should please beware of desperate fraudsters.”
Kalu stressed that he has never changed his official phone line.
The warning comes shortly after former President Goodluck Jonathan raised concerns over a fake Instagram account in his name.
He has officially disowned a fraudulent Instagram account impersonating him under the handle “goodluck_ebelejonathan.” His media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, issued a statement clarifying that Jonathan does not operate any Instagram account and warned the public to disregard, avoid sharing, or promoting content from this fake profile, which has been posting deceitful content, some copied from Jonathan’s legitimate Facebook page.
This follows earlier incidents where Jonathan disowned cryptic posts on Instagram, including one in June 2025 that falsely suggested he was planning to run in the 2027 presidential election.
