BREAKING: Nigeria has no $875 miilion arms deal with US – Lai Mohammed
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The Nigerian Government has declared that it is not aware of any $875 million ammunition deal with the US which is being purportedly blocked by some lawmakers in that country.



The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, described the purported ammunition deal reported in some sections of the media as ” fake news.”

Speaking to newsmen on Friday in Abuja, the minister said there was no contract of such nature and sum between Nigeria and the US

“There is no contract of arms between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the United States of America today apart from the 12 Super Tucano Attack Helicopters of which six had been delivered. We are quite satisfied with the progress and cooperation that we received from the government of the US on this issue.”

“As a matter of fact, six of the Tucano helicopter will be launched on Aug. 3, this year.”

“We are not aware of the so-called 875 million USD arms contract or some helicopters which they said some lawmakers in the US are trying to persuade the president of the US not to honour. The relationship between Nigeria and the US is smooth and waxing stronger,” he said.

Reports in some sections of the media had claimed that influential U.S. lawmakers were masterminding a hold on a proposed sale of ammunition and attack helicopters to Nigeria over allegations of human rights abuses and anti-democratic actions of the present administration.

The report listed the blocked proposed sale to include 12 AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters accompanied by defence systems, 28 helicopter engines produced by GE Aviation and 14 military-grade aircraft navigation systems made by Honeywell.

US lawmakers are holding down a proposed sale of attack helicopters to Nigeria, citing poor human rights record of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, as it grapples with multiple security crises.

The deal, according to US officials and congressional aides familiar with the matter is worth $875 million.

The lawmakers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, according to a report reviewed by Foreign Policy magazine, have reportedly delayed clearing a proposed sale of 12 AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters and accompanying defence systems to the Nigerian military, citing the drift of the present government in Nigeria towards authoritarianism and human rights violations, among others.

chiefobdk:
No deal since it was cancelled

Maxymilliano:
Since Lai Mohammed is not aware of any arms deal with the US, let's help to refresh his decaying memories .

Aufbauh:
The level of gullibility in this country beat my imagination. I don't know whether it's a result of poor educational system or outright mischief.
It is this level of gullibility that make fake news to spread so fast.

How can you believe that the USA that sold A-29 Super Tucano assault Aircraft to Nigeria recently. Have overnight legislate to block the sale of another assault aircraft on the ground imaginative human right abuse which the USA is the pacesetter.

1198eight:
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your mama na prostitute
your papa na arm robber
God punish your family