Agency Report –
The Presidency has described reports on social media about an arbitration proceeding in Paris to which the Nigerian Government is a party, as fake news.
An online newspaper had reported that President Bola Tinubu compelled a former president, Muhammadu Buhari, to testify at a Paris court in $6 billion Mambilla power project fraud case.
Bayo Onanuga, spokesman for the president, in a statement, said the private proceeding, which should not have been reported in the media, was entirely confidential.
“While respecting the confidentiality of the proceedings, we wish to state categorically that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has not forced anyone to testify for or to refrain from testifying against Nigeria.
“All the eminent Nigerians involved in Nigeria’s defence are doing so willingly and out of sheer patriotism and conviction.
“President Tinubu and the entire country are grateful to them,” concluded the statement.
