Preparations for Nigeria’s 53rdIndependenceAnniversary
celebration has begun in earnest with the Nigerian government reportedly
placing an order for 53 customized gold-plated iPhones from British luxury
products company, Gold and Co.
According to a report by PREMIUM TIMES, the founder
of Goldand Co, Amjad Ali, was quoted as telling the UK’s Independent
newspaperthat the Nigerian government has made an order of
“53 gold iPhones to mark the country’s 53rd year of independence from
Britain next month.”
According to Mr. Ali, his company “will engrave them with
[Nigeria’s] the coat of arms, a shield and two horses.”
Mr. Ali’s Gold and Co clients include royal
families, governments, and wealthy individuals across Russia, China and
the Middle East.
The basic models of the iPhone 5S in gold or rose
gold according to Ali, range from between £3000 (N750,000) and £50,000
(N12.5 million) if studded with hundreds of diamonds including a giant piece
that serves as the device’s “home” button.
However, in response to a question posed on Twitter by a
concerned Nigerian, Gold and Co denies that the order for the gold-plated
iPhones are from the Nigerian government.
Maintaining that its founder was misquoted in the report by
the UK’s Independent newspaper, Gold and Co tweeted “…These [iPhones] have
been ordered not by the government but by an individual who is gifting them to
people there to celebrate the 53 anniversary.”
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