Social media activist and commentator, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has accused the Dangote Group of neglecting a 22-year-old lady who was allegedly crushed by one of the company’s truck drivers in Auchi, Edo State.
VDM, in a video shared via Instagram on Monday, claimed the victim has been receiving treatment at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital for nearly a year and has accumulated medical bills exceeding ₦5 million.
According to him, the victim was on her way to present her project when she was hit by a Dangote truck. He alleged that the company has abandoned her despite the severity of her condition.
“On reaching Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Auchi, Edo State, we met an abandoned victim of Dangote’s reckless unlicensed driver, a 22-year-old girl, whom was going for her project and was crushed. She has been in the hospital for 11 months with bills of over ₦5 million; Dangote has abandoned her,” he wrote.
VDM further threatened to disrupt the movement of Dangote trucks in Auchi unless the company takes responsibility for accident victims.
The Dangote Group has not issued any response to the allegations as of the time of this report.
This development comes days after Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Phyna Otabor, accused the company of negligence after her sister, Ruth, was also hit by a Dangote truck in Auchi. The firm later pledged to cover all of Ruth’s medical expenses.
Meanwhile, the controversy emerges at a time when Dangote Refinery is preparing to deploy 4,000 new compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks for nationwide fuel distribution. The project, earlier scheduled to begin on August 15, has been delayed, with the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) citing unresolved truck numbering issues as the cause.
