By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, has given a Kaduna based businessman Engr. Kailani Mohammed a 7-day ultimatum to retract a libellous publication made against him and his business or face N100Bn suit. Dangote in a letter to the businessman demanded immediate public explanation, retraction, and unreserved apology from the Kaduna businessman for accusing him of engaging in an unclean business, especially in 1980s in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Dangote’s letter was served on the Kaduna businessman by his lawyer, Dr. Ogwu James Onoja, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria of Onoja law firm in Abuja. In the letter dated December 20th, 2025, Dangote complained that the Kaduna businessman defamed him, lowered his reputation and tarnished his business engagements with the accusation that he engaged in unclean business in Port Harcourt and also queried his source of wealth as the richest man in Africa.
The offending remarks were said to have been made by Engr. Kailani Mohamed, during an interview, aired on Wednesday, December 17th, 2025, on Trust TV news in reaction to his petition against Dr. Farouk Ahmed submitted to independent corrupt practices and other related to offences Commission ICPC. He demanded a full, clear and unreserved public apology which must be broadcast with equal prominence as the original publication and a sum of N100Bn only in damages for loss of reputation, character defamation and public ridicule he has been subjected to since the said statements were published.
