Acclaimed Africa's richest businessman, Aliko Dangote is presently imbroiled in a land sispute with residents of Ibeju-Lekki, who are accusing him of desperately attemtping to push them out of their homes.
According to local chiefs, as well as landlords in the area, Dangote has intensified deployment of demolition equipment into the Idasho community, and nine other inclusive villages, to clear out their farmlands and displace residents from their homes.
Their worries, which they expressed in separate letters, petitions, and interviews, is that Mr. Dangote ‘shows off,’ with “brazen defiance” against the court processes over the disputed land. Mr. Dangote is said to claim that he paid for the expanse of land to Lekki Free Zone Company, which the court said has no title to the land.
"Even though he had chances of acceptance due to his fame, and possession of wealth, we have cause to doubt his businesses come with clean practices, as is his showing in his perpetual attack on our community to forcefully take over land," one resident said today.
"He (Dangote) is being backed by gluttons in the Government, who want to make a relationship with him when they leave office, but our community will not let that happen," a landlord said, who added that Dangote must do business the right way other than through the use of force and manipulation.
Source: Sahara reporters
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