Nigeria, Oct. 5 -- Dala Inland Dry Port Nigeria Limited has reacted to a PREMIUM TIMES investigation about the company's ownership, saying its new owners had no knowledge of any co-ownership by the Kano government before buying the property.

In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES, the management of the dry port also claimed that documents showing ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje's children as former shareholders were forged by the founder and former managing director of the port, Ahmad Rabiu.

The management said the new owners acquired the port in 2020 from Mr Rabiu, who allegedly claimed to be the sole owner of the port.

It said the facility is a federally approved project under the supervision of the Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) and i...