Tanzanian billionaire released after kidnapping

Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji was released Saturday after ten days of liberation. His family had offered $ 437,000 for the tip that led to his investigation. It is unclear whether a ransom is paid, writes the BBC.

The owner of 43-year-old multinational MeTL Group thanked Allah on Twitter for "safe return". Dewji also thanked the police and "all Tanzanians and the world for their prayers". According to the American economic magazine Forbes he is the youngest African billionaire with an estimated capacity of 1.5 billion dollars.

Groupe_MeTL Groupe MeTL "I thank Allah for coming home safely, and I thank all my Tanzanian compatriots and all those around the world for their prayers. thanks the Tanzanian authorities, including the police, for working for my safe return. "
– Mohammed Dewji
(3:15, Dar es Salaam) October 20, 2018 @ 00:44

"Bruising on the Arms and Legs"

Dewji was abducted by gunmen on October 11 while he wanted to play sports at the Colosseum Hotel in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam. According to the police, "white men" allegedly took part in the kidnapping. Last week, police in Tanzania announced that twenty men had been arrested in connection with the kidnapping.

Tanzania's Environment Minister January Makamba a good friend of the business man, wrote Sunday morning on Twitter that he had spoken at & # 39; Mo & # 39; Dewji and his father. According to him, Dewji is in good health, but he has bruises to his arms and legs as a result of handcuffs.

Dewji gets rich after developing the family business MeTL into a multinational with interests in telecommunications, commodity trading, real estate, infrastructure and energy. The MeTL group is active in eleven African countries. The company says it accounts for 3.5% of Tanzania's gross national product; In total, about 24,000 people work there. From 2005 to 2015, Dewji was in Parliament on behalf of the government party CCM.