𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗢𝗼𝗻𝗶’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 — Dangote

Businessman and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has credited the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, with making the construction of his multi-billion-dollar refinery possible by intervening to remove 19 shrines from the project site.

Speaking in a video shared by The Cable via X on Friday, the billionaire industrialist revealed that construction workers were unable to proceed with the project in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, due to the presence of numerous shrines.

Dangote said, “I must recognise and thank the Ooni of Ife for enabling the building of our factory. What happened was that when we got there, there were over 19 shrines at the site. Nobody was able to go near there to do anything.”

The business mogul explained that the traditional ruler personally visited the site and boldly ordered the removal of all the shrines, despite the spiritual implications.