Nigeria: FCT Minister Petitions IGP Over Online Publication On N35 Billion Foreign Account

Abuja — Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Bala Mohammed, Thursday, petitioned the police against an online media organization - Pointblanknews.com - which he accused of publishing false and libelous reports against him, his children and the FCT Administration.

The media organization had in recent weeks alleged that two of the Minister's children, whose names it gave as Ibrahim and Shamushdeen, had stashed away N35 billion in Unity Bank and UBA Plc as well as an unnamed offshore account.

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