NewStats: 3,262,368 , 8,176,943 topics. Date: Monday, 02 June 2025 at 02:12 AM y4r2t

Mafia tried several times to sabotage $19bn refinery — Dangote


Aliko Dangote has revealed that local and foreign mafia tried several times to sabotage his $19 billion refinery from coming to life.

Dangote made this revelation while speaking at the Afreximbank annual meetings (AAN) and AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum in Nassau, The Bahamas, on Wednesday.

Dangote, Africa’s richest man, said he had repaid about $2.4 billion of the $5.5 billion borrowed to build the refinery.

Sabotage
According to him, several entities did everything to sabotage the 650,000 barrels per day facility.

Dangote said he was aware that resistance would always exist, but he did not anticipate it being so harsh.

He said: “Well, I knew that there would be a fight. But I didn’t know that the mafia in oil; they are stronger than the mafia in drugs. I can tell you that. Yes, it’s a fact.

“The local and foreign mafia tried several times to sabotage the refinery from coming to fruition.”

The businessman, who tagged himself a fighter throughout his life, said the mafias had tried several times to defeat him.

“But I’m a person that has been fighting all my life, you know. So I think it’s part of my life to fight,” he added.

On if he was receiving enough crude oil as feedstock for his refinery from the international oil companies (IOCs), Dangote said: “In a system where for 35 years people are used to counting good money, and all of a sudden they see that the days of counting that money have come to an end, you don’t expect them to pray for you.

“Of course, you expect them to fight back.

Dangote Cement export increased by 87.2 percent at 264kt in first quarter
“And I think that is the process that we’re now really going through. But the truth is that, yes, the country, the sub-region, and also the continent, sub-Saharan Africa, need this refinery.

“So, you expect them to fight through non-supply of crude, non-purchase of the product. But I think it’s all temporary. We’ll get there.”

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/06/foreign-mafia-tried-several-times-to-sabotage-19-billion-refinery-dangote/#google_vignette

Stop telling stories and start distributing petroleum.


First to comment. It has happened multiple times. Let me acknowledge it for the first time.

My first-to-comment position pain plenty bingos. LWTMB.

Congratulations

We know them. They are enemies of Nigeria. They celebrate any and every bad thing that happens to Nigeria.

We will make them sit-at-home even longer.

Aha

Mafia?

Name them!



....It takes one to know one!

Talking from different sides of his mouth, have they also canonized him?

Every business sector in Nigeria has gatekeepers; you can call them mafia. Their job is to make sure that an outsider does not come from nowhere to enjoy what they believe they've built over time. We have them in the music industry, the movie industry, politics, tech startup ecosystem, motor parks and even among agbo sellers. If you come from outside and try to disrupt their industry, you'll be met with a very sharp and sometimes lethal resistance. If you think I'm lying, go and start a record label tomorrow or a fintech company without consulting some people. After a year, come back here and tell us your experience.

I go rush book space...

Now I don't know what to do with it.....

Have an important message to across?

Me...

Space for sale

Mafia is accusing others of what he does. Refinery that isn't fully operational has repaid over 50% of money borrowed to build it. Where did the money come from? You guessed right. Cement! He baselessly increased cement price. This is why cement is as expensive as it is.

I'm happy for him though. He is an example of resilience and persistence. If we have his type 5 in Nigeria, this country will be better. Dangote! The name that opens all doors.

Are you not part of the mafia sabotaging the economy?

Morbeta11:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/06/foreign-mafia-tried-several-times-to-sabotage-19-billion-refinery-dangote/#google_vignette

This one dey whine himself.

Aren't you among them ruthless mafians.

Well he kukuma know he is talking to fooools excluding Me.

It happens in every endeavours,people don't want you to succeed for different reasons like hate , jealousy or fear. That's why you have to understand this and never let down your guard.

This reminds me of STUXNET when US ed a worm into Iran nuclear project to impede it's development.

Addendum

Many people are expecting one to succeed on time but they have no idea the battle one's fighting

Okay

To God be the glory.

DANGOTE THIS

DANGOTE THAT

.

Say someone who sabotaged the Nigerian economy since the days of sugar!

The mafia are those benefitting from the fuel subsidies, crude oil/fuel swap deals, oil marketers and international refineries that Nigeria petronise!!

These are the people that has held us ransome for many decades.

GeneralOjukwu:

Illusions

Dangote na man you be !!

Your mafia tried to push rabiu from business, your shalaye don dey plenty Alhaji

ogaontop:

Illusions

Delusions ?

Dangote you will continue to wax strong and break more barriers.

Ok

eepeepook:
Stop telling stories and start distributing petroleum.


First to comment. It has happened multiple times. Let me acknowledge it for the first time.

Shut up

How do you expect him to distribute PMS when the mafia are shaking him up?

He's literally creating awareness.

The same mafia are the ones stopping the refineries from functioning and also controlling the subsidy funds that no president has ever had the power to fight them.

Dangote is a northerner with a lot of privilege to run freehanded business. But this will be his biggest challenge... The oil business!

eepeepook:
Stop telling stories and start distributing petroleum.


First to comment. It has happened multiple times. Let me acknowledge it for the first time.

What's special about being first to comment

Is your priority right today

Awon subsidy mafia

Jgffg

$19 billion refinery is equal to N28.6 trillion naira


Dangote is the original mafia that has destroyed many businesses that compete with him in his areas of business.

So the mafias nor get names ode