“I left Mali yesterday”- Dangote Debunks Al Jazeera Report

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Founder and Chief Executive of Dangote Group Aliko Dangote gestures during an interview with Reuters in his office in Lagos, in this June 13, 2012 file picture. Dangote has always liked making things to sell. As a child he boiled up sugar to make sweets he sold around town; these days he cooks up limestone in factories that produce millions of tonnes of cement. Dangote's entrepreneurial skills have helped make him Africa's richest person, with cement plants opened or under construction everywhere from Senegal to Ethiopia to South Africa. He dreams of owning the largest cement firm on the planet. By 2015, he hopes, his industrial conglomerate will be worth four times its current estimated $15 billion. To match Special Report NIGERIA-DANGOTE/ REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye/Files (NIGERIA - Tags: BUSINESS)

Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has confirmed that he is not part of the hostages being held by terrorists at the Radisson Blue in Mali.

Al-Jazeera had reported that Dangote was reportedly staying in the hotel.

A spokesperson for Dangote told The Herald that Aliko was safely in his office at the Union Marble house in Lagos and that Dangote ahd just tweeted to debunk the false report.

Aliko said via Twitter “Rumour about me being held hostage is false. I was in Mali yesterday.Thank you for your concern. My prayers with those involved.”

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