The Federal Government has debunked the rumours about the Republic of Benin, aspiring to be part of Nigeria.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Ferdinand Nwonye, on Saturday, described the information as misleading.
According to the statement, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in the presence of his counterpart from the Republic of Benin, granted a press Interview after a very fruitful meeting between Ministerial delegations from both countries.
Onyeama, according to the Ministry’s spokesperson, stated that “… the President of Benin Republic said he would like the relations between the two countries to be so close as if Benin was the 37th State of Nigeria”.