Blessing Ezeokafor, daughter of kidnapped businessman and Chairman of Jezco Group, Chief Sir Joseph Ezeokafor, has publicly blamed the flamboyant lifestyle portrayed on social media by her younger brother, Eberechukwu Ezeokafor, popularly known as Jowizaza, for allegedly creating an exaggerated impression of the family’s wealth and complicating negotiations for their father’s release.
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Blessing, who is said to be the first child of the abducted businessman, made the claims in a series of emotional social media posts in which she alleged that the kidnappers increased their ransom demand from ₦700 million to ₦1.5 billion after concluding that the family had access to enormous wealth.
She insisted that the financial image associated with her brother online did not reflect the family’s actual position, claiming that the family and its businesses were already burdened by substantial debts.
According to Blessing, Jowizaza’s public display of wealth had allegedly made criminals believe that huge amounts of cash were readily available to the family.
“Why Jowizaza my brother? You are the cause of this madness. Social media noise, when we don’t have that money. You use audio money to make hoodlums think the money is available,” she wrote.
She expressed particular concern over the reported escalation of the ransom demand, warning that she would hold her brother responsible if anything happened to their father while in captivity.
“Imagine, N1 billion? If anything happens to my dad, I will hold you responsible. Making noise, when we are owing bank N40 billion. And these people think the money is there, see what your madness exposing us has done to us,” she said.
Blessing went further to make a number of claims about the family’s financial obligations, including alleged debts involving financial institutions and business partners.
“Fake life claiming what we don’t have. You are owing banks FCMB N40 billion, no hope to pay, you are owing Union Bank, you are struggling, even American company I introduced you guys to, Feedco, yet you keep making noise. Now your madness has made people think we have money,” she alleged.
The financial claims made by Blessing have not been independently established and represent her account of the family’s circumstances.
She also alleged that her brother had previously been involved in running their father’s company but was later removed as a director and placed on a monthly salary of ₦1 million.
According to her, the family’s true financial position was far removed from the image of extraordinary wealth associated with Jowizaza on social media.
Blessing also questioned an alleged decision by her brother to agree to the kidnappers’ initial ₦700 million ransom demand.
She claimed that Jowizaza did not have as much as ₦100 million readily available in cash and wondered why he would indicate an ability to pay ₦700 million.
According to her, agreeing to such an amount may have encouraged the abductors to believe that the family could afford an even larger payment, resulting in the reported increase of the demand to ₦1.5 billion.
In another emotional message, Blessing directly appealed to those holding her father, insisting that the family did not possess the kind of money they apparently believed it had.
“Kidnappers, they don’t have money, it is audio money, please leave my dad alone. Please release him, they are swimming in debt,” she pleaded.
She said her greatest concern was her father’s health, stressing that the septuagenarian businessman required medication and that his continued detention was causing the family serious anxiety.
Blessing also defended her decision to publicly reveal details she said reflected the family’s financial situation after some social media users criticised her for discussing internal family matters online.
She argued that remaining silent could reinforce the kidnappers’ belief that the family had enormous financial resources but was simply refusing to pay.
“Some… are saying I should not talk about what I know. So, you want those kidnappers to think we have money and refuse to give them and kill him there? I will now become fatherless,” she wrote.
“At this point, I need to talk so they can be talking reasonably about what we can provide. Dad needs his medication and I don’t want anything to happen to my dad.”
Blessing maintained that her decision to speak publicly was driven by an attempt to correct what she considered a dangerously exaggerated perception of the family’s wealth and hopefully influence the ransom negotiations.
She also criticised her brother’s decision to showcase his lifestyle on Facebook and other social media platforms, describing the move as a major mistake for a family she said had traditionally lived a relatively private life.
“See, coming to Facebook was the biggest mistake my brother made. We have simple life, not exaggerating wealth,” she said.
She equally warned bloggers and social media publishers against continuing to portray the family as possessing enormous wealth.
“Any blogger that I see exaggerating our wealth again will have questions to answer,” she added.
Her comments followed reports that the abductors of Chief Ezeokafor initially demanded ₦700 million for his release before subsequently increasing the amount to ₦1.5 billion.
The kidnappers were also reported to have established communication with the family during the initial negotiations before further engagement allegedly stalled.
Blessing’s intervention has now brought a deeply personal dimension to the abduction, with the businessman’s daughter publicly appealing for his release while challenging the perception of enormous wealth surrounding the family.
Her allegations against Jowizaza including claims concerning the family’s debts, his management of the family business and his personal finances remain her assertions and have not been independently verified.
For Blessing, however, the immediate concern remains her father’s safety and health, as she insists that portraying the family as possessing unlimited financial resources could further endanger him and make securing his release more difficult.
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