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Dangote’s claim: Ezekwesili demands probe as Kyari denies owning foreign plant

The comments were coming amid the controversies surrounding the Dangote refinery.

Ezekwesili said she had earlier decided not to speak on the Dangote refinery-NNPC saga while reacting to the matter through her official X handle.

“However, as more and more information filtered out from both parties, we can reasonably conclude that something seriously murky has gone on and needs to be fully unravelled for public accountability. And urgently, too,” she stated.

The former minister added, “How can a project that by all definition attained the stature of a ‘national interest project’ be marred in this depth of embarrassing controversy that is playing out in the full glare of the local and international investing community?

“Did the Nigerian government not tell us it borrowed $3.3bn from Afriexim-Bank to take a stake in the Dangote refinery?”