•Raises alarm over scam
The former governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has cautioned the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) not to negotiate with Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited.
The caution came sequel to the controversial seizure of three presidential jets on routine maintenance in Paris.
The former governor, in a statement, labelled the Chinese firm as an “impostor” between May 2011 and May 2019, just as he warned the FGN not to be scammed.
It would be recalled that a French court had ruled in favour of the firm and granted the seizure of presidential jets belonging to the FGN.
In the dispute involving an arbitration award, the court in Paris ruled in favour of the Chinese firm, allowing it to seize three presidential jets on routine maintenance in France as “security” for claims in a decades-long judicial matter between the foreign company and the Ogun State government.
But the Presidency alleged that the Chinese firm is trying “to take over offshore assets of the FGN through subterfuge.”
Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), later said diplomatic and legal efforts were on to settle the matter amicably.
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