Labaran Maku, Information Minister
The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has denied the allegation that the federal government ordered 53 customised gold iPhones ahead of the country’s 53rd independence anniversary on October 1.
Maku, in a statement signed by his Press Secretary, Joseph Mutah, denied the report credited to the founder of Gold and Co., Amjad Ali, who claimed that the Nigerian government had ordered the iPhones, which would be engraved with Nigeria's coat of arm, a shield and two horses.
According to him, the story was false in its entirety and nothing but the figment of the warped imagination of those behind it.
"Neither the Federal Government of Nigeria nor any of its agencies contemplated the idea or placed any order for gold-plaited iPhones for the nation's 53rd independence anniversary, or any anniversary for that matter," he said.
The minister urged Nigerians and the international community to disregard the story, describing it as a blackmail against the government for political reasons.
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