I'm not dead, disregard malicious reports - Aliko Dangote cries out

Nigerian business tycoon and Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has squashed online reports that claimed he is dead.


An online magazine, DW-TV3, had claimed that the business mogul died in Germany after a brief illness.


The foremost businessman took to  Twitter to deny the claims, saying he is hale and hearty.

"I am hale, hearty and alive. Please disregard malicious report saying otherwise," he wrote.

I am hale, hearty and alive. Please disregard malicious report saying otherwise. Thank you.

— Aliko Dangote (@AlikoDangote) September 25, 2016