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American President, Barrack Obama, Germany’s Angela Merkel, Britain’s David Cameron, South Africa’s Jacob Zuma and France’ Francois Hollande have personally called Alh. Aliko Dangote on telephone to congratulate him on his escape from the hotel gun attack in Mali.
Presidents of other less powerful nations in and outside Africa also called the business man to show their concern for Africa’s richest man.
The development confirmed Dangote as a world citizen who is valued by all major countries of the world for his huge economic importance and philanthropic gestures.
Gunmen believed to be terrorists invaded Radisson Blu Hotel at Bammako, Mali on Friday November 20, 2015 shooting dead at least 19 people. Several others were injured in the attack.
As news of the Raddison Blu Hotel attack broke in the night by international news outlets including the Cable Network News (CNN) and Aljazeera, suggesting Dangote was among the victims, fear gripped world leaders who value the strategic importance of the business man, prompting them to personally put telephone calls to Dangote to confirm the news.
Newspeakonline.com reliably gathered that Obama, Merkel and Hollande were really glad to hear from Dangote that he left the hotel shortly before that attack was carried out.
The Nigerian business mogul and Africa’s richest man was lodged at the hotel when the terrorists attacked the hotel, killing both foreign and Malian nationals.
But newspeakonline.com reliably gathered that the billionaire narrowly escaped the attack. He insisted he was returning to Nigeria that night to enable him attend a meeting scheduled for the following morning. The meeting, it was gathered, was with the Management team of an electric firm for the purpose of discussing provision power solutions at some Dangote factories in Nigeria.
Though pressure mounted on the Kano State-born business mogul to stay till the following day in the hotel by some dignitaries who wanted to engage him for important reasons, Dangote insisted he had to return to Nigeria that night because of the importance of the meeting with the electric firm.
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, was also not left out as a call came to Dangote from Aso Rock, Abuja to confirm the news.
The world leaders congratulated Dangote on the narrow escape.
The Dangote Group is expanding widely across Africa with new expansion plans taking off in Asia and the United States of America.