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President Macky Sall was re-elected in February and promised to fight corruption
Senegalese President Macky Sall has promised to "restore the truth" after a BBC investigation revealed that his brother would have benefited from lucrative deals in the gas sector.
The president's brother, Aliou Sall, denied these claims, which he described as "totally false".
The president said he would not accept the "false accusations".
According to this information, Aliou Sall would have received a secret payment from a company that was selling gas blocks to BP.
The survey published by BBC Panorama and Africa Eye revealed that BP had agreed to pay Timis Corporation, led by the Romanian-Australian Frank Timis case, between $ 9 and $ 12 billion in royalties for its stake in the blocks.
BP said the Panorama program was a "misleading description" of its activities in Senegal and dismissed the charges as "absurd".
It is alleged that Timis Corporation paid a secret payment of $ 250,000 to a company run by the president's brother.
Mr. Timis also denied any wrongdoing.
President Macky Sall was elected in 2012 with the commitment to fight corruption in Senegal.
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In a statement issued by the government, the "serious and false allegations" had "no foundation".
The president said people were trying to take advantage of the fossil fuel reserves recently discovered.
"We know that where there is oil, some will try to destabilize the country," he said.
"I want the truth to be restored and the government will do it now without delay," he told the main mosque in Dakar after attending the prayer for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. .
In response, the BBC said: "We reject this allegation and maintain our investigation and it has been conducted in accordance with the strictest editorial standards."
The opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, called on the Senegalese people to "mobilize mbadively" until the authorities take "appropriate measures".
The Minister of Justice also said that it was "a private matter" involving a citizen, adding that he did not believe the charges against Aliou Sall.
A deputy, Aymerou Gning, told local media that a parliamentary inquiry could be opened.
Frank Timis "likes to call himself the godfather of West Africa," told the BBC's former wealth manager, Philip Caldwell.
Mr. Timis has business relations in several African countries, including Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone.
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