Mohammed Dewji, 43, is Africa’s youngest billionaire
Yesterday, an unsuspecting business mogul was abducted from a gym in Tanzania's capital of Dar es Salaam and taken to a yet unknown destination. In the dramatic raid, Mohammed Dewji was seized during his dawn workout at the Colosseum Hotel and Fitness Club and bundled into a waiting car.
The white gang who carried out the kidnapping encountered no resistance of any kind as Mr Dewji drove himself and had no bodyguards. The billionaire had no bodyguards probably because abducting wealthy individuals is unheard of in the east African country.
Airports and border posts in Tanzania were on alert and road blocks were set up as a nationwide hunt began for the businessman who is worth $1.5 billion. Crime specialists are concluding that Mr Dewji must have been taken for ransom.
The married father of three owns the MeTL Group, a pan-African conglomerate with extensive holdings in textile, food and drinks manufacturing businesses.
In 2013 he became the first Tanzanian to feature on the cover of Forbes magazine, which had him as the 17th wealthiest African.
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