The management of Dangote Group on Monday has said BUA Group does not own the mining sites in Obu, Okpella, Edo State.
Dangote, in a statement, advised the regulatory agencies to disregard the claim and publication by the BUA Group.
The statement by the Group Executive Director, Devakumar Edwin, reads: “In 2014, the Dangote Group and AICO entered into an agreement for the transfer of 2541ML from AICO to Dangote Group. AICO thereafter applied to the Ministry of Mines for the approval of the Transfer vide a Mining Lease Transfer Form dated 11 July 2014.
“However, as recently as October 9, 2019 while its wholly incompetent fundamental right suit was still pending, the BUA Group through its subsidiary applied to the Director-General of Mining Cadastre Office & Centre, Abuja for the renewal of the said Mining Leases Nos. 18912 and 18913.
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