Bloodlines of Power: How Sayyu Dantata Rode Kinship, Foresight to Dominate Nigeria’s Fuel Market

● Behind the gleam of Dangote’s $20 billion refinery stands a quieter heir to the oil age

● How Dantata’s distribution network became counterweight to state monopoly and his billionaire sibling

For decades, of the Nigerian fuel market was dictated by government monopolies on one side and politically connected conglomerates on the other.

Ultimately, the choreography of supply and scarcity was dictated by the state, and private distributors were consigned to dance around its shade. But as the Dangote Refinery’s $20 billion behemoth ignited a new era, a familiar surname emerged as a juggernaut and quiet conqueror.

That surname is Dantata. And the man bearing it, Sayyu Dantata, half-brother to Aliko Dangote, has become the refinery’s most discreet yet decisive beneficiary.…click link to continue reading