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Tanzanian cops are preparing a dozen people who could have information on the kidnapping of the youngest billionaire in Africa by an armed gang this week, according to a new report.
Three hotel employees and five security guards – who occupied the Colosseum Hotel and fitness club in Dar es Salaam by the sea when Mohammed "Mo" Dewji, 43, was kidnapped Thursday, are among those interviewed, the local police told the Daily Nation.
Authorities are trying to determine exactly what happened – and determine the reason for the brutal kidnapping.
A taxi driver who witnessed the ordeal told the Daily Nation that four masked men had fired in the air and forced themselves into the hotel, which prompted the guards to service to escape.
Then the attackers disembarked from the hotel with Dewji – who was entering a gym at that time – and abducted him in the car, towards the Masaki neighborhood, said the driver at the exit. .
He did not have security guards with him at the time, reports said.
"The initial information indicates that he was kidnapped by whites traveling in two vehicles," said Thursday the governor of the region, Paul Makonda, according to the newspaper The South African. "This kind of incident is new here."
Dewji has a net worth of $ 1.5 billion and is the only billionaire in Tanzania, according to Forbes. He is the CEO of METL, a conglomerate founded by his father in the 1970s and focused on the manufacture of textiles, flour mills, beverages and edible oils.
Dewji is also a major sponsor of the Tanzanian Simba SC football team and served two terms in the Tanzanian parliament. He retired in early 2015.
In 2016, the married father of three children is committed to donating at least half of his income to philanthropic causes.
