Obajana: 'We must separate acquisition from Asset-Grabbing', Kogi replies Dangote

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'Which money or consideration did Dangote provide in 2002 for the alleged acquisition of the 90 per cent equity in Obajana Cement Plc...

The Kogi State Government on Wednesday responded to Dangote Industries Limited’s insistence on 100 per cent ownership of Obajana Cement Company, saying that DIL’s efforts at making Kogi State’s demand appear unreasonable had only justified the state’s protest against what it described as “callous and deliberate asset grabbing”.

In the response titled, “Separating Acquisition From Asset-Grabbing”, the Kogi State Government disclosed that it took a loan of at least 15million Deutsche Marks to conduct feasibility assessments, which confirmed the existence of those ‘vast limestone deposits’ that DIL found so enticing years later.

The Kogi State Government said in the interest of humanity and truth, it was pertinent to ask the questions: “How come years after DIL and DCP claim they acquired 100 per cent of the equity and assets of Obajana Cement Plc, Kogi State officials were still listed as shareholders of the company, holding shares for and on behalf of the people of Kogi State in filings made by DIL and DCP at the“Is the above not evidence that DIL and DCP which do not deny that Kogi State invited them to invest in...

 

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