The Dangote Group has denied having a hand in the fire outbreak at the Kogi State House of Assembly in the early hours of Monday.
A statement by the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, had pointedly accused the company of burning the Complex, in an attempt to possibly destroy evidence relating to the ownership tussle between the Kogi State Government and the Dangote Group over the Obajana Cement Company.
But in a statement signed by Mr Anthony Chiejina, Group Head Branding and Communications, Dangote Industries Ltd., on Monday in Lagos, the company refuted claims that it was responsible for the development
He said as a socially responsible corporate entity, the Dangote Group totally refuted this allegation and condemned “the unprofessional and irresponsible attempt to smear its image before local and international investors and thus erode its brand value.”
He said the the company would never stoop so low as to sponsor thugs to destroy any property belonging to either government or any individual as such action runs contrary to the group’s business ethos and everything the company stands for as a leading manufacturer with teeming customers and consumers across Nigeria and Africa.
Chiejina said the company’s lawyers had been mandated to react appropriately to the damaging allegation from the Kogi State government within the full extent of the law.
