Victim who was crushed by Dangote truck abandoned in hospital with bill of over N5m - VDM

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - A popular social media activist and commentator, Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, VDM, has alleged that Dangote Group abandoned a 22-year-old lady in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Auchi, Edo State, after she was crushed by the company’s truck driver.

In his Instagram story, VeryDarkMan released a video of the hospitalised victim at the hospital on Monday.

According to him, the victim, whose name was not disclosed, has been at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital with hospital bills of over N5 million.

He noted that he joined the protest against the movement of Dangote’s truck in Auchi.

The activist demanded that all victims of Dangote’s truck should be taken care of by the firm’s management.

“On reaching the Irrua specialist teaching hospital in Auchi, Edo State, we met an abandoned victim of Dangote’s reckless unlicensed driver, a 22-year-old girl, whom was going for her project and was crushed. She has been in the hospital for 11 months with bills of over 5 million naira; Dangote has abandoned her.

“Let the world know that we will not be allowing any Dangote trucks today in Auchi if all victims of Dangote’s unlicensed truck drivers are not properly taken care of @dangotegroup. @aliko_dangotegcon, We can’t fight you; you are the richest man in Africa, and you command security agencies. We are only telling you to take responsibility,” he wrote.

Meanwhile, Dangote Group is yet to respond to the allegation as of the time of filing this report.

This comes days after Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner Phyna Otabor called out Dangote Group after her sister, Ruth, was crushed by the company’s truck in the same Auchi area of Edo State.

But Dangote Group, three days ago in a statement, pledged to take care of all medical bills of Ruth Otabor.

The accidents involving Dangote Group’s trucks is coming at the time its refinery plans to deploy 4,000 brand-new compressed natural gas trucks for direct fuel distribution nationwide.

However, the scheme initially planned to begin on 15th August has yet to kick off.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has said that truck numbering is the reason Dangote Refinery failed to commence its fuel and diesel distribution scheme on Friday, August 15, 2025.

The report confirmed that Dangote Refinery had taken delivery of a number of shipments of the trucks.