Abuja – The president of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Monday, attended a meeting involving governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, at the presidential villa.
The meeting, which also had in attendance the Chief of Staff to the president, Ibrahim Gambari, and Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule, is over the recent tussle for ownership of the Dangote Cement Plant in Obajana, Kogi state.
The development comes days after the Kogi State House of Assembly ordered the sealing of the factory following alleged agitations by indigenes who raised questions about the ownership of the company.
However, during an attempt to forcefully seal the factory by some elements believed to be sponsored by the Kogi State government on Wednesday, October 5, a shooting incident reportedly occurred.
Dangote in a statement after the forceful closure said 27 of its staff were shot while equipment and materials worth millions of Naira were either damaged or stolen from the factory’s control room and other offices.
The plant was eventually sealed off.
Meanwhile , community leaders in the area had condemned the involvement of youths in the fracas at the factory, which was followed by the shooting.
Earlier, the panel set up by the Kogi State to look into the acquisition of the Obajana cement plant has said the purported transfer of the facility to Dangote Cement was not “proper.”
