The presidency has dismissed reports which claimed that the federal government forced former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Muhammadu Buhari and former Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola to France to testify for Nigeria.

There is an ongoing arbitration proceeding involving the $6 billion Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project, Taraba state which has been married by litigations and corruption allegations.
 
“The attention of the Presidency has been drawn to some fake news on social media about an arbitration proceeding in Paris to which the Nigerian Government is a party,” the statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, presidential spokesperson read on Sunday.
 
“The private proceeding, which should not have been reported in the media, is entirely confidential until the international arbitrators decide.
 
“While respecting the confidentiality of the proceeding, we wish to state categorically that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has not forced anyone to testify for or to refrain from testifying against Nigeria. 
 
“All the eminent Nigerians involved in Nigeria’s defence are doing so willingly and out of sheer patriotism and conviction. 
 
“President Tinubu and the entire country are grateful to them.”