Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Monday, accused former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, of demolishing his cement plant project sited at Itori, Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, on two different occasions.
The ongoing plant project of two new lines with a capacity of 6.0 million metric tons per annum located at Itori, is in addition to the cement plant which has been in operation for more than a decade at Ibese in Yewa North LGA.
The Itori plant project’s construction commenced on December 23, 2023, and is expected to be completed in November, 2026.
Dangote on Monday paid a courtesy visit to Governor Dapo Abiodun in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, as part of the inspection of the multimillion dollars plant project.
He said the ongoing project was pulled down twice by Amosun’s government, but his company decided to return to the site because of the Abiodun administration’s policies and investor-friendly environment.
He said “Our factory at Itori was pulled down twice. When we started the second time, they not only demolished the factory but also the fence, so we left. But right now, because of His Excellency, our governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, we are back. When you visit the factory, you will be surprised at what we have done.”
Dangote, Abiodun and his entourage later inspected the project at the site in Itori where the industrialist re-echoed the allegation of demolition against Amosun.
