Nigeria, April 9 -- Former education minister, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has threatened to sue a popular social media influencer, Japhet Omojuwa, for an unauthorised use of her identity by the blogger.

Mr Omojuwa has been alleged alongside some influencers to have collected money to run a campaign in favour of the detained Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab.

While Mr Omojuwa denied his participation in the "free Alex Saab" campaign on social media, a report published by Buzzfeed said two persons working in his PR firm, Alpha Reach Limited, were recruited to participate in the campaign.

"I said to this person in confidence that I support the mission and would be happy to retweet a couple articles, but I would not personally be part of it," he wa...