The Presidency on Thursday stated the efforts by way of a Chinese language corporate, Zhongshan Fucheng Business Funding Co. Restricted, to enter the some jets on Nigeria’s Presidential Breeze Fleet are fraudulent.
A commentary signed by way of the Particular Helper to the President on Data and Technique, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday learn, “The Federal Govt isn’t beneath any contractual legal responsibility with the corporate.
“The case in which Zhongshan is trying to use every unorthodox means to strip our offshore assets is between the company and the Ogun State Government.”
The commentary is titled ‘Chinese company’s fraudulent try to strip Nigeria’s belongings out of the country.’
Onanuga was once responding to previous reviews {that a} French Court docket had sanctioned the seizure of 3 Nigerian presidential jets, together with a newly bought Airbus, amid a criminal dispute between Zhongshan and the Ogun Climate Govt.
The Presidentisl aide stated, “The Federal Govt isn’t beneath any contractual legal responsibility with the corporate. The case through which Zhongshan is making an attempt to virtue each and every unorthodox approach to strip our offshore belongings is between the corporate and the Ogun Climate Govt.
“The Federal Govt is absolutely conscious about efforts being made by way of the Ogun Climate Govt to achieve an amicable answer at the topic.
“It must be said without any equivocation that Zhongshan has no solid ground to demand restitution from the Ogun State Government based on the facts regarding the 2007 contract between the company and the State Government to manage a free-trade zone.”
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