It's an obvious lie. There's plenty of evidence of BPIP's transition of ownership being amicable and smooth. If I remember correctly I learned about it from a post made by Vod, and I got the sense that he was relieved that someone else wanted to mange it. I can't seem to find that post at the moment, and I don't have a lot of time to dig.
Not sure which post you mean but Vod posted the link to ibminer's new BPIP thread and locked his thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4746201.msg53424059#msg53424059Then he posted numerous times in the new thread offering advice etc.
I also recall a time when the site was down, and I feared that Vod would take it down permanently due to not being able to manage it. I don't remember if it was something Vod said that made me think that, or me just being in a panic.
The original version of that same post above said something about not wanting to waste any more time and money on it.