Geldof challenges BBC over diverted aid claim

CLAIMS that aid money sent to Ethiopia was spent on weapons are “palpable nonsense”, Band Aid founder Bob Geldof said yesterday.

The Band Aid Trust said it will complain to Ofcom and the BBC Trust about a BBC report that alleged millions of pounds raised for famine relief was spent on weapons by a rebel group in north Ethiopia.

Speaking on BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show, Geldof said: “Produce me one shred of evidence and I promise you I will professionally investigate it, I will professionally report it, and if there is any money missing I will sue the Ethiopian government for that money back and I will spend it on aid.