The management of Dangote Group, operators of Dangote Cement Cement at Obajana in Kogi State have alleged that thugs working for Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello have shot some of the workers on Wednesday at the factory site.
Dangote group was reacting to the shut down of its factory, revealing that over 500 vigilantes with thugs hidden among them invaded the Dangote Cement Plant located at Obajana on Wednesday on the directive of governor Yahaya Bello.
The directive by the governor, the Group said, led to attack on the company’s trucks some of which were set ablaze and others forcefully hijacked, adding that market and business activities of the plant has been brought to a standstill.
Speaking with journalists on the development, the group said: “No fewer than 27 Dangote staff are currently in bad conditions after they were shot at by the invaders,” a statement from the company also said, adding that the control rooms were forcefully shut down and equipment whose monetary value have not been computed was vandalized, while communication cords were also severed to bring production to an abrupt halt.
“Since the criminal attack, our vehicles carrying diesel have been attacked along Anyigba road.
“The victims of the government-sanctioned invasion are currently admitted to the emergency section of the Kogi State Specialist Hospital in Lokoja.”
