David Hundeyin disclosed how he was offered N800,000 to demarket Dangote refinery.

A Nigerian investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, has disclosed how an International Non-governmental Organisation (INGO) offered him N800,000 to blackmail the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery.

Hundeyin, in a series of tweets on Saturday, explained that his decision to make it public was to send a message to the external interests working on the same path as those within the country who are determined to counteract the interests of half a billion West Africans.

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According to him, the INGO, which he described as Dialogue Earth, wanted to contract him into blackmailing the refinery as dangerous to the environment.

He said, “Last week, I received an N800,000 offer from an international NGO called Dialogue Earth (formerly known as China Dialogue Trust) to write an article essentially saying that Dangote Refinery is terrible for the environment because something something “Environmental Concerns,” something something “Climate Change,” something something “Energy Transition Policy,” something something “COP 28.”

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“The (unstated but clearly implied) thrust of the brief was for a prominent local voice to put their name on an article that is an argument or a premise for the Nigerian government to kill the refinery based on its “energy transition commitments” and “environmental policy.” This conclusion wasn’t immediately apparent when they reached out to me, but I suspected where it was heading, and I quickly accepted the offer so that I could see the brief and obtain hard evidence. I’ve attached screenshots from the brief below.”

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Source Nigeria Tribune