France denies being Financial Headquarters of IPOB

Fri, Sep 22, 2017 | By publisher


Politics

 

LAI Mohammed, minister of information, may have sparked off a diplomatic row with France with his allegation that the country is the e-financial headquarters of IPOB.

Mohammed made the allegation on Wednesday, September 20, saying that France and the UK are the financial and backer of IPOB.

Swiftly, Claude Abily, political counselor of the Embassy of France, said the French government was shocked by the statement, adding that they “stand ready to examine any information which could support this statement”.

“The Embassy of France was surprised by the statement made yesterday by the Minister of Information and Culture indicating that the “financial headquarters” of IPOB was in France. We don’t have any knowledge of a particular presence of IPOB in France and the Nigerian authorities never got in touch with the Embassy on this point”.

“The French government stand ready to examine any information which could support this statement. Furthermore, we would like to reiterate that France actively cooperates with Nigeria in the field of security and that we strongly support the unity of the country,” Abily said.

 

– Sept 22, 2017 @ 07:48 GMT /

 

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