Federal Government say "We did not place order for golden iPhones"

The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja debunked media report alleging that it ordered 53 gold-plated iPhones to mark the country’s 53rd independence anniversary.

A statement signed by Mr Joseph Mutah, the Press Secretary to the Minister of Information, said the reports were ‘mere’ fabrications.

The statement said the story “is false in its entirety and nothing but a figment of the warped imagination of the authors’’.


It said that neither the Federal Government of Nigeria nor any of its agencies contemplated or placed order for gold-plated iPhones for the celebration.

“We, therefore, call on Nigerians and the international community to disregard the story linking the Federal Government with the importation of the gold-plated iPhones.

“The blatant falsehood in the story is one of those mischievous attempts at tarnishing the image of the Federal Government.

“Nigerians are hereby advised to watch out for people intent on blackmailing the government for political reasons,’’ the statement stated.


DP