Hackers have infiltrated the mobile phones of Aliko Dangote, chief executive officer of Dangote Group, and Femi Otedola, chairman of First HoldCo Plc,
According to TheCable,Smsources in the camps of both men disclosed that their phones were compromised over the past week.
While Otedola’s phone was hacked once, the mobile device of Africa’s richest man was hacked twice in two days.
Although it is not immediately clear if they have both regained access to their phones, TheCable understands that the hackers have made financial demands.
“The hackers are asking for money from both men,” an insider told TheCable.
Dangote and Otedola have a longstanding friendship, with both men often describing each other as “brothers”.
