A firm known as Grandpet Energy Resources Limited has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) over an alleged N4.7 million debt by Dansa Foods Limited.

Also petitioned are the Director General of the Department of State Service (DSS) and Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

The petition, dated April 4th, 2017, was signed by the Managing Director of the company, Mr. Peter Eze, and made available to journalists today in Awka, Anambra State. It disclosed that the petition came as a result of the supply the firm made on March, 18, 2014; to Dansa Foods Limited.

According to the petition, the supply propelled the firm to borrow N8.9 million to prosecute the business.

According to Eze, one million naira was paid to the new firm after a lot of pressure, describing the action of the foods company as extreme injustice.

He noted that the firm had written to the United Nations (UN) where it calculated the loss for the years amounting to over N18 million.

Narrating the company’s ordeal, Eze said: “The surprising thing in the deal was that some people were dropping Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s name on the deal, but we are not sure that Aliko Dangote was involved in the deal, as he is a well respected person, who does not oppress the less privileged, but rather helps them to grow.”

He added that their firm supplied Dansa Foods Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) at a price of N143 per litre of which it issued them a duly signed 30-day Local Purchase Order (LPO) dated March 4th, 2014.

The petition reads in part: “We received our first shock when the company did not honour its signed contract to pay in 30 days. It took over three months of going to them almost on a daily basis, writing them protest letter, complaining to the Group’s treasurer in their Head Office before they paid for one of the trucks i.e 33,000 liters.

“We are now passionately seeking your intervention in this matter. All the while some concerned patriots have wondered if the president of Dangote Group (the holding company for Dansa Foods), Alahji Aliko Dangote, really know about this matter.

“Africa’s gem that is Aliko Dangote should not allow whosoever that is using his name to run DANSA foods to smear his hard earned reputation.”

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