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Agence France-Presse

Tanzanian police said on Friday they had identified the driver of a vehicle used in the kidnapping of Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji, who was snatched over a week ago.
Dewji, 43, who is considered Africa’s youngest billionaire, was seized by gunmen as he entered a hotel gym in Tanzania’s economic capital Dar es Salaam Thursday morning last week.
His family is offering a reward of half a million dollars (€435,000) for information that would help police find him.

Police chief Simon Sirro told a press conference that surveillance videos at the hotel had captured images of the vehicle used by the kidnappers, a dark blue 4X4.
“We have been able to identify the vehicle. So we have advanced a lot in our investigation, we will publish these photos,” he said.
“On top of that we know this car entered the country on September 1 from a neighbouring country,” Sirro added, refusing to name the country.
“We already have the names of the vehicle’s owner and the driver.”
Sirro said he would send Tanzanian police to the neighbouring country in question, without giving any details.

He said that of 27 people arrested eight were still in custody.
The opposition has called for independent international investigators to take over the probe, citing an increase in kidnappings and attacks in which no one is ever brought to book.
Dewji is chief executive of the MeTL Group, which operates in a dozen countries and has interests in agriculture, insurance, transport, logistics and the food industry.

According to Forbes, he is worth US$1.5 billion (€1.29 billion) and ranks 17th on the list of African billionaires.
He was a member of parliament from 2005 to 2015, and in 2013 became the first Tanzanian to feature on the cover of Forbes magazine. Two years later, he was named Forbes’ Africa Person of the Year.
Dewji is also the main shareholder in Tanzania’s Simba FC football club.


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Driver of vehicle used in kidnapping of billionaire Mohammed Dewji indentified, Tanzanian police say

Tanzanian police officers inspect a vehicle with registration number ‘MO 1’ that belongs to Mohammed Dewji. Photo: EPA

A file picture taken on April 23, 2015, shows Tanzanian businessman Mohammed Dewji at his office in Dar es Salaam. - Africa's youngest billionaire was kidnapped on October 11, 2018, by gunmen in Tanzania's economic capital Dar es Salaam, officials said. Dewji, 40, who heads the MeTL Group which operates in about 10 countries with interests in agriculture to insurance, transport, logistics and the food industry, was snatched as he entered the gym of a hotel in the city. (Photo by Khalfan SAID HASSAN / AFP)

epa07086016 A vehicle with registration number 'MO 1' that belongs to Mohammed Dewji, a Tanzanian business tycoon who is said to be Africa's youngest billionaire, parked at Colosseum Hotel and Fitness Club in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 11 October 2018. Reports say Dewji, locally known as Mo, was abducted early 11 October outside a posh hotel gym in the capital Dar es Salaam where he was going for his routine morning exercise. Two of the three people arrested in connection with the kidnapping are believed to be foreign nationals, media reported quoting police EPA-EFE/STR

epa07085875 An undated handout photo of Mohammed Dewji, a Tanzanian business tycoon said to be Africa's youngest billionaire. Reports say Dewji, locally known as Mo, was abducted early 11 October 2018 outside a posh hotel gym in the capital Dar es Salaam where he was going for his routine morning exercise. Two of the three people arrested in connection with the kidnapping are believed to be foreign nationals, media reported quoting police. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED DEWIJI PRESS OFFICE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Africa’s youngest billionaire Mohammed Dewji snatched by gunmen in Tanzania

Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji. Photo: Wikipedia

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●Family of Africa’s youngest billionaire is offering a reward of half a million dollars for information that would help find him


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