22/09/2025
⛽ Dangote's $19bn Refinery vs Nigeria's Fuel Giants: The Battle Finally Exploded. Here's Who's Winning. ⛽
The fuel war we've all been waiting for has officially begun. 💥
For years, Aliko Dangote's $19 billion Lekki refinery promised to end Nigeria's fuel import crisis. But when it finally started producing, a powerful group didn't want to play ball. 🛢️
🔻 THE BOYCOTT: Marketers kept importing fuel, ignoring Dangote's local supply. At one point, his refinery was sitting on 500 MILLION liters of fuel with no buyers. He publicly pleaded: "Stop importing, we have enough!"
🔻 THE RETALIATION: So, Dangote made a power move. He halted sales, sued the regulators, and then dropped a bombshell: he imported 4,000 CNG-powered trucks from China to distribute the fuel HIMSELF. 🚛🇨🇳
🔻 THE IRONY: Now, the same marketers who boycotted him are crying "MONOPOLY!" as his trucks deliver directly to depots. But in a deregulated market, is it monopoly... or just superior strategy?
THE RESULT? Since his trucks hit the road: ✅Fuel queues have vanished.
✅Prices have stabilized.
✅24,000 new jobs were created.
This is more than a business story. It's a saga of power, resistance, and a lesson in what happens when you try to shut out Africa's richest man.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? , Is Dangote a hero breaking a corrupt system?, Or is he creating a dangerous monopoly?, Were the marketers right to protect their business?
